Rhipidoglossum polyanthum (Kraenzl.) Szlach. & Olszewski 2001
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Common Name The Many Flowered Rhipidoglossum
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in southwestern Cameroon and the Gulf of Guinea Islands in montane forests high up in the tree at elevations of 1500 to 2150 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with a short, erect stem carrying 3 to more, basally twisted to lie in one plane, oblong-linear to linear-lanceolate, unequally and acutely bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on an upright, arising from below the leaves, .8 to 8" [2 to 20 cm] long, 4 or more flowered inflorescence with transversely elliptic bracts.
CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution
Synonyms Diaphananthe polyantha (Kraenzl.) F.N.Rasm. 1974; Mystacidium polyanthum Kraenzl. 1914; Sarcorhynchus polyanthus (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918; Sarcorhynchus saccolabioides Schltr. 1918
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Rudolph Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 16/17/18 945-1128 Brieger 1986 as Sarcorhynchus polyanthus; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006
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