Diaphananthe lanceolata (Summerh.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward, Phytotaxa 71: 45 (2012).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Chamaeangis lanceolata Summerh., Kew Bull. 13: 279 (1958).
Description:
Plants small with short stems, 1-5 cm long. Leaves in 2 rows, twisted at the base so that they lie in one plane, lanceolate, leathery, unequally bilobed at the apex, often with one lobe absent, 6-28 cm long, 0.7-2 cm wide. Inflorescences axillary or at the base of the stem, slender, up to 35 cm long, many-flowered, one flower per node; bracts oval, subacute, very short; pedicel with ovary slender, 5 mm long. Flowers cream at first, turning ochreous or bright orange except for the spur; sepals broadly oval-triangular, 3.5-5 mm long; petals lanceolate, acute, 2-4 mm long, 1-2 mm wide; lip broadly ovate-triangular, apiculate, 2.5-3.5 mm long, 2 mm wide; spur curved or bent, swollen in the apical 3-4 mm only, in total 12 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in evergreen rain forest, in deep shade; flowering in July to August or in November.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
Ivory Coast to WC. Trop. Africa
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 26.02-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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