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Orchid Species: Diaphananthe monodon

Kew currently accepted name is Diaphananthe bidens

Diaphananthe monodon is an orchid species identified by (Lindl.) Schltr. in 1918. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Diaphananthe bidens.
Genus
Diaphananthe (Dpthe.)
Grex
monodon
Parents
Species
Author
(Lindl.) Schltr.
Year
1918
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ORIGIN: Found from Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equiatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire, Rwanda, Angola and Uganda in rainforests on tree trunks and large branches at elevations of 350 to 1300 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Medium sized pendant and warm to cool growing epiphyte with pendant, elongate stems carrying numerous, distichous, ovate or elliptic, unequally and acutely bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the fall on a pendant, many [to 25] flowered, 9 [22 cm] long, racemose inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 0.6 inches [1.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Diaphananthe Dpthe bidens 1914 (Afzel. ex Sw.) Schltr.
Add+ Angraecum Angcm acutum 1887 Ridl.
Add+ Angraecum Angcm ashantense 1843 Lindl.
Add+ Angraecum Angcm bakeri 1889 Kraenzl.
Add+ Angraecum Angcm monodon 1851 Lindl.
Add+ Angraecum Angcm subfalcifolium 1916 De Wild.
Add+ Diaphananthe Dpthe acuta 1918 (Ridl.) Schltr.
Add+ Diaphananthe Dpthe ashantensis 1918 (Lindl.) Schltr.
Add+ Diaphananthe Dpthe mystacidioides 1918 (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
Add+ Diaphananthe Dpthe papagayi 1918 (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
Add+ Diaphananthe Dpthe producta 1918 (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
Add+ Diaphananthe Dpthe subfalcifolia 1918 (De Wild.) Schltr.
Add+ Listrostachys Lit acuta 1897 (Ridl.) Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.)
Add+ Listrostachys Lit ashantensis 1864 (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
Add+ Listrostachys Lit bakeri 1894 (Kraenzl.) T.Durand & Schinz
Add+ Listrostachys Lit longissima 1912 Kraenzl.
Add+ Listrostachys Lit monodon 1864 (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
Add+ Listrostachys Lit mystacidioides 1900 Kraenzl.
Add+ Listrostachys Lit papagayi 1865 Rchb.f.
Add+ Mystacidium Mycdm duemmerianum 1929 Kraenzl.
Add+ Mystacidium Mycdm productum 1895 Kraenzl.
Add+ Angraecum Angcm bidens 1913 (Afzel. ex Sw.) Rendle
Add+ Limodorum Limo bidens 1805 Afzel. ex Sw.
Add+ Listrostachys Lit bidens 1897 (Afzel. ex Sw.) Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.)
Add+ Angorchis Angorchis ashantensis 1891 (Lindl.) Kuntze
Add+ Angorchis Angorchis monodon 1891 (Lindl.) Kuntze
Add+ Angorchis Angorchis papagayi 1891 (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Dpthe. bidens 'Cloud's Apricot Tresses' (2005) Dpthe. acuta 'Rose' (1996) Dpthe. bidens 'Coral Bayou' (1983)
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