Polystachya aurantiaca Schltr. 1913 Photo courtesy of © Lourens Grobler.

Part sunHotSummer

Common Name The Golden Polystachya

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in norteastern Madagascar in tropical woods at elevations of 150 to 700 meters as a small to medium sized, hot growing lithophyte with elongated pseudobulbs carrying 3, lineart-ligualte leaves that blooms in the summer on a terminal, to 8" [to 20 cm] long, often paniculate, several flowered inflorescence

This determination may be incorrect as the plant is from Zambia

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/1985; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo ?

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