Diaphananthe lorifolia Summerh. 1956 Photo by © Kjell Nilsson

Common Name or Meaning The Lorate Leafed Diaphananthe

Flower Size 3/4" [1.8 cm]

Found in Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda in montane and riverine forests at elevations of 1000 to 2200 meters as a cool growing epiphyte with a long, pendant stem carrying 2 rows of falcate, linear, unequally and obtusely bilobed apically, basally twisted so all in one plane leaves that blooms at any time of the year on a pendant, [3 to 6" [7.5 to 15 cm] long, shorter than the leaves, 5 to 15 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Kenya Stewart & Campbell 1996; Angraecoid Orchids Hermans, Stewart and Campbell 2007

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