Diaphananthe divitiflora (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918

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Common Name or Meaning The Rich Blooming Diaphananthe

Flower Size

Found in Cameroon and the DR Congo at elevations around 900 meters as a warm growing epiphyte

Very similar to Diaphananthe bidens but it has a slightly excised lip at the front and a spur that is evenly thickened towards the tip. and the lamina is always longer than the spur. " Schlechter 1918

"The flowers of are about the same size as in D. lorifolia but in D divitiflora the labellum is distinctly longer than broad and the lamina is always longer than the spur. In D. lorifolia the leaves are narrower, and markedly strap-shaped with almost parallel sides. The labellum is usually, and often much, broader than long, often roughly pentagonal in outline so that the front is considerably narrower than the base, while the spur is usually distinctly longer than the lamina though sometimes it may be about the same length." Summerhayes 1956

Synonyms Diaphananthe congolensis (De Wild.) Summerh. 1945; *Listrostachys divitiflora Kraenzl.1895; Mystacidium congolense De Wild. 1903

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 158 Kraenzlin 1895 as Listrostachys divitiflora

Not. Pl. Util. Congo 1: 151 De Wild. 1903 as Mystacidium congolense

* Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 98 Schlechter 1918

Bot. Mus. Leafl. 12: 101 Summerhayes 1945 as D congolensis

Kew Bull. 11: 235 Summerhayes 1956

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