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Common Name The Richly-Blooming Oeoniella

Flower Size 1 1/2" to 2 2/5" [3.5 to 6 cm]

A common, monopodial, small [common] to large [rare] sized epiphytic species found in Madagascar, the Comoros, the Mascarenes and the Seychelles with erect, branched, rigid, leafy stems carrying oblong or ligulate, fleshy leaves that blooms on a lateral, axillary, racemose, arching, 6 to 10" [15 to 25 cm] long, several [7 to 15], fragrant flowered inflorescence with short and rounded floral bracts and the flowers arranged in 2 rows. Best grown in pots or baskets with high humidity, moderate shade and ample year round water and fertilizing will insure fall to spring blooming.

Synonyms Aeonia polystachya Benth. & Hook. 1889; Aeranthes polystachya (Thouars) Rchb.f. 1864; Angorchis polystachya (Thouars) Kuntze 1891; Angraecum kimballianum R.H. Torr. 1890; Angraecum polystachyum [Thou.]Rchb.f 1828; Beclardia polystachya (Thouars) Frapp. 1880; *Epidendrum polystachys Thouars 1822; Epidorchis polystachya (Thouars) Kuntze 1891 ; Listrostachys polystachys (Thouars) Rchb.f. 1864; Macradenia polystachya Spreng. 1826; Monixus polystachys [Thou.]Finet 1907; Oeonia polystachya Benth. 1881

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1981; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006

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