Margelliantha burttii (Summerh.) P.J.Cribb 1979 Photos courtesy of Linda Karlbom in Stockholm/Sweden and her website

Common Name Burt's Diaphananthe

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in E Zaire to W Rwanda in montane forests at elevations around 2000 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte witha short stem carrying close set, oblong to oboval, unequally bilobed apically leaves that blooms on a arising below the leaves, 2.4 to 4" [6 to 10 cm] long, 6 to 10 flowered inflorescence with small bracts.

Synonyms *Diaphananthe burttii Summerh. 1934

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006

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