Microcoelia moreauae L.Jonss. 1981 Photos by © Lourens Grobler

Early

Common Name Moureau's Microcoelia

Flower Size .1" [4 mm]

Found in Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe in seasonally dry montane forests on twigs of trees and bushes at elevations of 1500 to 1800 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool twig epiphtye with silver grey roots radiating from a short stem that blooms in the early spring on to 4, .8 to 1.2" [2 to 3 cm] long, to 8 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Kenya Stewart 1996; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Part 2 Pope 1998; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006