Diaphananthe eggelingii P.J.Cribb, in Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Orchid.(3): 526 (1989).
Description:
Plant with a pendent, elongated stem, ca. 10 mm in diameter. Leaves at the apex of the stem, very fleshy, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, twisted at the base so that they lie in one plane, unequally bilobed at the apex, 18-20 cm long, 2.5-2.8 cm wide. Inflorescences several in the upper part of the stem, arising opposite a leaf base, 8-16 cm long, 7-to 16-flowered; bracts sheathing, 3 mm long; pedicel with ovary 3-4 mm long. Flowers parchment white; dorsal sepal lanceolate, acute, 8-9.5 mm long, 3-3.6 mm wide; lateral sepals falcate-ovate, subacute, 7.5-9 mm long, 3-3.8 mm wide; petals elliptic, acute, 7.5 mm long, 3 mm wide; lip obscurely 3-lobed, subcordate, apiculate, margins erose, with a tooth-like outgrowth in the mouth of the spur, 7-7.5 mm long, 8-8.6 mm wide; spur pendent behind the lip, slightly inflated centrally, 8-9 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in rain forest; 1000 m; flowering in October.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
SW. Uganda
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 26.02-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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