Summerhayesia zambesiaca P.J.Cribb 1977

Plant and Flower Photos by Lourens Grobler

Common Name The Zambian Summerhayesia

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in Malawi, Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia and Zimbabwe in open woodlands with high rainfall and a long dry season at elevations of 600 to 700 meters as a miniature to small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyute or occasional lithophyte with a short stem carrying, 3 to 7, disitchous, linear, folded, recurved, thick, yellowish green leaves held in a fan that blooms in the fall on an axillary, from lower leaf axils, erecet to downward, 5 to 6" [12.5 to 15 cm] long, 4 to 5 flowered inflorescence with the terminal, fleshy, non-resupinate flower opening first

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Malawi Orchids vol 1 La Croix 1983 drawing fide; Rudolph Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 16/17/18 945-1128 Brieger 1985; drawing/photo fide; African Orchids In the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997 drawing fide; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 2 Pope 1998 drawing/photo good ; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans & Campbell 2006 drawing/photo fide

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