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Diaphananthe bidens

Botanic Family

Orchidaceae

Author

(Afzelius ex Swartz) Schlechter

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo (DR)
• Congo (R )
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea Bissau
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sierra Leone
• St Thomas & Prince islands
• Togo
• Uganda

Natural Habitats

• Streamside

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Climber with root-climbing stems, more or less bidentate leaves to 125mm x 45mm, axillary racemes to 160mm long with triangular bracts to 3mm long, orange-buff or white flowers 7mm diameter, sepals to 8mm long, petals 8mm long or smaller & narrower, lip 4-8mm long with spur to 9mm long

Further References

• Kew
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA