Tridactyle cruciformis Summerh. 1948 Photo by © Bob Campbell

Common Name The Cross Shaped Tridactyle

Flower Size

Found in Kenya and Tanzania in forest patches at elevations of 1200 to 2200 meters as a large sized, cool to cold growing, pendulous epiphyte with slender, woody, upturned apically stems carryinggrasslike, linear, unequally and acutely bilobed apically, glossy green leaves taht blooms in the summer on a .8 to 2" [2 to 5 cm] long, 5 to 9 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Pt 3 Cribb 1989 drawing fide; The Orchids of Kenya Stewart & Campbell 1996 photo fide

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