Ypsilopus longifolius (Kraenzl.) Summerh. 1949
Photos by © W Bachmann and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
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Common Name The Long-Leaved Ypsilopus
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in Kenya and Tanzania in montane rainforest and montane juniper forests at elevations of 1400 to 2400 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with a pendent stem carrying linear, acute to subacute, conduplicate, held in an elongate fan leaves that blooms in the later summer on a pendent, 1.2 to 3.2" [3 to 8 cm] long, 2 to 9 flowered inflorescence arising from the woody stem, with broadly ovate-triangular, acute to obtuse floral bracts carrying non-scented, white flowers
Synonyms Aerangis graminifolia (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918; Angraecum graminifolium (Kraenzl.) Engl. 1908; Listrostachys graminifolia Kraenzl. 1895; *Mystacidium longifolium Kraenzl. 1893; Ypsilopus graminifolius (Kraenzl.) Summerh. 1949
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of East Africa Piers 1968 as Y graminifolius; The Epiphytic Orchids of Malawi Morris 1970; Rudolph Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 16/17/18 945-1128 Brieger 1985 as Y gramifolius photo fide; Rudolph Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 16/17/18 945-1128 Brieger 1985; Flora of Tropical East Africa Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 3 Cribb 1989 photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992; Orchids of Kenya Stewart & Campbell 1996 photo fide; African Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006 photo fide
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