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Mystacidium walleri is an orchid species identified by Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.) in 1897. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Jumellea walleri.
ORIGIN: Found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Natal and Victoria states of South Africa in riverine forests at elevations of 600 to 1800 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte and occasional lithophyte with a woody stem carrying to 16, distichous, strap-shaped, folded, thick and leathery, obtusely bilobed apically, dark green leaves and blooms on an axillary, 3 to 4 [7.5 to 10 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence occurring in the summer to early fall with glisteningly white flowers that smell of violets and fade to an apricot color in time. This species for years has been known as J filicornoides but with the recent work by Isabel La Croix, Mystacidium walleri the basionym for Jumellea walleri was found to precede Angraecum filiconoides the basionym for Jumellea filiconoides therefore Jumellea walleri takes precedence.
FLOWER SIZE: 2 inches [5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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