Diaphananthe sarcorhynchoides J.B.Hall, Kew Bull. 29: 428 (1974).
Description:
Plant with long pendent stems, up to 1 m or more long. Leaves many, in 2 rows, each spaced 1-2 cm apart, elliptic, twisted at the base so that they lie in one plane, bilobed at the apex, with rounded lobes, 6-9 cm long, 3-4 cm wide. Inflorescences arising from the base of the leaf sheath, pendent, 8-12 cm long, 8- to 14-flowered; bracts minute, 5-8 mm apart. Flowers white or pale green; sepals lanceolate, apiculate, 6-6.5 mm long; petals narrowly lanceolate, acute, 4.5 mm long; lip ovate, cordate, the margins denticulate and reflexed, minutely 3-lobed at the apex, with a tooth-like callus at the base in the mouth of the spur, 6 mm long, 7 mm wide; spur slightly inflated near the base, laterally flattened above, 7-8 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in forest and bush in high rainfall areas, usually in shaded situations; flowering May to June.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
Ivory Coast, Ghana, Gabon
References:
Angraecoid orchids Stewart, Hermans & Campbell 2006; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 26.02-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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