Rangaeris schliebenii (Mansf.) P.J.Cribb 1989 Photos by © C. Grey-Wilson and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

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Common Name Schlieben's Rangaeris

Flower Size

Found in Tanzania in riverine and montane forests at elevations of 400 to 1400 meters as a small to just medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with an erect stem enveloped by persistent leaf sheaths and carrying coriaceous, conduplicate,spreadin to arching, linear-ligulate, unequally bilobed apically, rounded lobed leaves that blooms in the fall on an axillary, 7.2 to 10.8" [18 to 27 cm] long, 4 to 8 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Barombia schliebenii (Mansf.) P.J.Cribb 1980; Barombiella schliebenii (Mansf.) Szlach. 2003; *Leptocentrum schliebenii Mansf. 1935

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Rudolph Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 16/17/18 945-1128 Brieger 1985 as Barombia schliebenii drawing good; *Flora of Tropical East Africa Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 3 Cribb 1989 drawing/photo fide; African Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006 drawing fide

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