Rhipidoglossum pusillum (Summerh.) Farminhão & Stévart, Phytotaxa 349: 253 (2018).
Homotypic Names:
Angraecopsis pusilla Summerh., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 14: 258 (1951).
Description:
Plant dwarf with a short stem up to 2 cm long; roots glabrous. Leaves 5–9, erect, conduplicate, linear to oblong, 1.5–5 cm long, 1.5–5 mm wide. Inflorescences axillary, slender, with 4–7 well-spaced flowers; bracts lanceolate, 1.5–2.5 mm long; pedicel with ovary 5–8 mm long. Flowers white or pale green; dorsal sepal ovate-orbicular, nearly 2 mm long; lateral sepals oblanceolate or subspathulate, curved, obtuse, 2.75 mm long, 1 mm wide; petals broadly oblique, elliptic-ovate, slightly enlarged on the lower side and joined to the lateral sepal, 2 mm long, 1.6 mm wide; lip concave, entire, broadly ovate, 2.5 mm long, 2 mm wide; spur straight, rounded at the apex, 3 mm long.
Habitat:
In montane forest, in evergreen forest, and in the bamboo zone; 1700 m.
Phenology:
Flowering in January.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
E. Zaïre
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 29.03-2020; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Photograph© João Farminhão/ Missouri Botanical Garden. Image used with kind permission.	Photograph© João Farminhão/ Missouri Botanical Garden. Image used with kind permission.	Photograph© João Farminhão/ Missouri Botanical Garden. Image used with kind permission.	Photograph© João Farminhão/ Missouri Botanical Garden. Image used with kind permission.