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Orchid Species: Microcoelia caespitosa

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Microcoelia caespitosa is an orchid species identified by (Rolfe) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel in 1936.
Genus
Microcoelia (Mic.)
Grex
caespitosa
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
(Rolfe) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel
Year
1936
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ORIGIN: Found in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaire and Uganda at elevations of 50 to 1000 meters in rainforests on understory branches often near watercourses.

DESCRIPTION: Small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a long branching, loosely attached, pendulous roots attached to a short, stout, central stem that blooms in the spring through fall on up to 15, erect to spreading, 1.2 to 2.4 [3 to 6 cm] long, to 22 flowered inflorescence with subacute to acute, 3 to 5 nerved sheathing bracts carrying faintly scented flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 0.2 inches [5 mm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Angraecum Angcm andersonii 1912 Rolfe
Add+ Angraecum Angcm bieleri 1916 De Wild.
Add+ Angraecum Angcm caespitosum 1897 Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.)
Add+ Angraecum Angcm crinale 1904 De Wild.
Add+ Angraecum Angcm micropetalum 1905 Schltr.
Add+ Gussonea Gussonea bieleri 1918 (De Wild.) Schltr.
Add+ Gussonea Gussonea caespitosa 1918 (Rolfe) Schltr.
Add+ Gussonea Gussonea crinalis 1918 (De Wild.) Schltr.
Add+ Gussonea Gussonea micropetala 1914 (Schltr.) Schltr.
Add+ Microcoelia Mic bieleri 1943 (De Wild.) Summerh.
Add+ Microcoelia Mic micropetala 1943 (Schltr.) Summerh.
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