!Margelliantha leedalii P.J. Cribb 1979 Photo by Bob Campbell and the Orchids of Kenya ©,

Common Name Leedal's Margelliantha

Flower Size

Found in Kenya and Tanzania on mossy tree branches at elevations of 1500 to 2350 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte with erect to pendantshort stems carrying 3 to 6, ligulate, unequally bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the spring on several, below the leaves, 3" [7.5 cm] long, 3 to 8 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms

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