Tridactyle brevicalcarata Summerh., Kew Bull. 3: 295 (1948).
Description:
Plant with elongated stems to 30 cm long, rarely branched. Leaves many, ligulate, equally or unequally bilobed at the apex, 6-11 cm long, 7-10 mm wide. Inflorescences 2-6 cm long, many-flowered. Flowers white, small; dorsal sepal narrowly oval or elliptic oval, subacute, 2.5-3.5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide; lateral sepals obliquely oval, subacute, 3-3.5 mm long, 1.5-1.75 mm wide; petals oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2.5-3 mm long, 1 mm wide; lip auriculate at the base, 3-lobed at the middle, side lobes narrowly ligulate, spreading forward, smaller than mid-lobe, denticulate, mid-lobe triangular, acute, in total 3 mm long, 2-2.75 mm wide; spur straight, obtuse, less than 1 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in forests; flowering in August and October.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
Ghana to Gabon
References:
Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006; World Checklist of Monocotyledons. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.kew.org/wcsp/monocots/ accessed 21.03.2017
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