Stolzia leedalii P.J.Cribb 1979 Drawing by Cribb

Common Name Leedal's Stolzia [British Original Collector of species 1900's]

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in southwestern Tanzania on trunks of trees in montane riverine forests at elevations of 1800 to 1950 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with approximate, subspherical, slightly compressed dorsiventally pseudobulbs carrying a single, apcail, erect, linear to linaer-lanceolate, obtuse leaf that blooms in the spring and summer on an erect, peduncle very slender, wiry, .96" to 1.6" [2.4 to 4 cm] long, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence with ovate, acute floral bracts and carrying brown, large for the genus flowers.

Synonyms Porpax leedalii (P.J.Cribb) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen 2018

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 2 Cribb 1984; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 24 1457 - 1520 Brieger 1991 Drawing fide; Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 2 Cribb 1984;

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------