Oeceoclades ambrensis (H.Perrier) Bosser & Morat 2001

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Common Name Le Montagne d'Ambre Aeceoclades ambrensis

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Found in Madagascar in wet montane forests at elevations of 1000 to 1500 meters as a cool growing terrestrial with fusiform-cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 4, narrowly elliptic, long petiolate base, clear glossy green, plicate leaves that blooms in the late spring and summer on an erect, simple, peduncle provided with basal sheaths, 4.8 to 6" [13 to 15 cm] long, 15 to 20 flowered inflorescence with slightly shorter than the ovary floral bracts..

Synonyms Eulophia ambrensis (H.Perrier) Butzin 1975; *Lissochilus ambrensis H.Perrier 1951

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 81 #3 2017 photo fide; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide;

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