Diaphananthe caffra (Bolus) H.P.Linder 1989 Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Common Name The Zulu-Land Diaphananthe

Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]

Found in Cape Province, Natal and Transvaal states of South Africa in cool forests at elevations around 1800 meters as a mini-minature sized, cool growing epiphyte with a very short stem, grey green flecked with white roots and carrying 2 to 4, linear to strap-shaped, unequally bilobed apically, dark green leaves that blooms in the spring on several, from beneath the leaves, pendant, 5 to 11 flowerd inflorescence

Synonyms *Angraecum caffrum Bolus1893; Margelliantha caffra (Bolus) P.J.Cribb & J.Stewart 1985; Mystacidium caffrum (Bolus) Bolus 1905

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982 photo; African Orchids in the wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006