Tridactyle bicaudata subsp. bicaudata
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum fimbriatum Rendle, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 387 (1895).
Listrostachys cirrhosa Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 73 (1902).
Listrostachys fimbriata (Rendle) Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 74 (1902).
Rhaphidorhynchus fimbriatus (Rendle) Finet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54(9): 42 (1907).
Tridactyle fimbriata (Rendle) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 602 (1915).
Tridactyle pulchella Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 602 (1915).
Angraecum laciniatum Kraenzl., Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 74: 101 (1929).
Tridactyle polychista Schltr. ex Mansf., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 68: 11, t. 104, f. 415 (1932).
Description:
Leaves thin, lax, 6-14 cm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in a wide range of undisturbed habitats, one of the commonest epiphytic orchids; sea level to 2500 m; flowering March to April and September to November.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
Trop. & S. Africa
References:
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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