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Calyptrochilum emarginatum

Botanic Family

Orchidaceae

Author

(Afzelius ex Swartz) Schlechter

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo (R)
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Gulf of Guinea Is.
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Togo
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Primary forest
• rain forest
• mangrove swamps
• gallery forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Climbing epiphytic or lithophytic herb with rooting stems to 3m, coriaceous apically-bilobed leaves 180mm x 50mm. Axillary many-flowered racemes with bracts to 12mm long, very fragrant night-scented white flowers with yellow or yellow-green lip, sepals to 11mm x 5mm, petals to 10mm x 5mm, boat-shaped lip to 10mm x 10mm, spur to 10mm long.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew
• IOSPE
• CJB