Diaphananthe vesicata (Lindl.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward, Phytotaxa 71: 46 (2012).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum vesicatum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 6 (1843).
Listrostachys vesicata (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Flora 48: 190 (1865).
Angorchis vesicata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 652 (1891).
Chamaeangis vesicata (Lindl.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 109 (1918).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Chamaeangis kloetzliana Szlach. & Olszewski, in Fl. Cameroun 36: 764 (2001).
Chamaeangis vesicata var. kloetzliana (Szlach. & Olszewski) R.Rice, Prelim. Checklist & Survey Subtrib. Aerangidinae (Orchidac.): 25 (2005).
Description:
Epiphyte with numerous elongated inflorescences (up to 35 cm long), hanging, many-flowered. Flowers in pairs or groups of three in apical part of inflorescence, singly in basal part, yellow to orange, very fragrant. Leaves: Narrowly lanceolate-acute, much culed, 150-400 mm long, 7- 30 mm wide, fleshy, V-shaped in section, olive green. Sepals: Lanceolate-acute, 1.5-3.0 mm long. Petals: Lanceolate-acute. Lip: Lanceolate-obtuse, entire, 1.5-3.0 mm long. Spur: 4.5-10 mm long, much swollen at apex, forming globular sac.
Habitat:
In riverine and submontane forests at elevations of 1100 to 1800 meters.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, warm to cool growing epiphyte.
Notes:
Flowers in August.
Distribution:
W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania
References:
Orchids of East Africa Piers 1968; Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 3 Cribb 1989; Orchid Digest Vol 57 No 1 1993; African Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Orchids of Kenya Stewart 1996; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006 ;WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 26.02-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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