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Angraecum bokoyense De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Calyptrochilum christyanum (Rchb.f.) Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Summerhayes V.S., 1954
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  • Angraecum solheidii
  • Angraecum bokoyense
  • Calyptrochilum christyanum
  • Rangaeris muscicola

Flora

Entry for Calyptrochilum christyanum Rchb.f. Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 2, (1998) Author: I. la Croix & P.J. Cribb
Names
Calyptrochilum schoellerianum Kraenzl. Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 595 (1915).
Angraecum bokoyense De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 5: 182 (1916). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo (Zaire).
Calyptrochilum bokoyense De Wild. Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, abt. 2: 84 (1918).
Calyptrochilum malangeanum Kraenzl. Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, abt. 2: 84 (1918).
Calyptrochilum marsupio-calcaratum Kraenzl. Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, abt. 2: 84 (1918).
Calyptrochilum ovalifolium De Wild. Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, abt. 2: 85 (1918).
Calyptrochilum pynaertii De Wild. Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, abt. 2: 85 (1918).
Calyptrochilum zigzag De Wild. Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, abt. 2: 85 (1918).
Calyptrochilum christyanum Rchb.f. Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.W.T.A. 2: 450 (1936); in Kew Bull. 2: 277 (1948); in Kew Bull. 13: 83 (1958); in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 251 (1968). —Piers, Orch. E. Africa, rev. ed.: 249 (1968). —Morris, Epiphyt. Orch. Malawi: 79 (1970). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 79 (1976). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 182 (1977). —Ball, South. African Epiphyt. Orch.: 92 (1978). —Wood in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 491, fig. 113 (1989). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 260 (1991). —Geerinck in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 2: 592 (1992). —Stewart, Orch. Kenya: 33 (1996). TAB. 135. Type without proper locality, believed to be W Africa.
Angraecum christyanum Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Gard. Chron. n.s. 13: 806 (1880). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 142 (1897).
Angraecum schoellerianum Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Schweinfurth in Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, Appendix 2: 112 (1894). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 144 (1897). Type from Ethiopia.
Angraecum malangeanum Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 26 (1895). Type from Angola.
Angraecum moloneyi Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 145 (1897). Types from Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Angraecum mombasense Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 145 (1897). Type from Kenya.
Angraecum zigzag De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Not. Pl. Utiles Congo 1: 143 (1903). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo (Zaire).
Angraecum pynaertii De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Not. Pl. Utiles Congo 2: 160 (1906). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo (Zaire).
Angraecum ovalifolium De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Not. Pl. Utiles Congo 2: 161 (1906). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo (Zaire).
Rhaphidorhynchus moloneyi Rolfe Finet [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Bot. France, No. 9: 41 (1907).
Angraecum marsupio-calcaratum Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 397 (1914). Type from Cameroon.
Calyptrochilum mombasense Rolfe Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 595 (1915).
Calyptrochilum orientale Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 595 (1915). Type from Tanzania.
Information
Epiphytic, sometimes lithophytic herb.Stem woody, leafy, to about 50 cm long, pendent or standing out horizontally, mostly unbranched.Roots long, stout, c. 7 mm in diameter, arising at nodes.Leaves numerous, distichous, usually 6–8 × 1.5–2.5 cm, ligulate, but occasionally longer or narrower, unequally and obtusely 2-lobed at the apex, fleshy, olive-green.Inflorescences borne along underside of stem, 1.5–4 cm long, densely 6–9-flowered, the rhachis zigzag.Flowers white, yellowish in throat, turning apricot-coloured as they fade, often lemon-scented; spur greenish.Sepals and petals 5–10 × 2.5–4 mm, ovate or ovate-elliptic, the lateral sepals slightly oblique, the petals slightly shorter than the sepals.Lip 7–12 × 7–10 mm, 3-lobed near the base; side lobes rounded; mid-lobe 5–10 × 5–8 mm, oblong, emarginate, sometimes with a mucro in the sinus; spur 9–11 mm long, geniculate, wide-mouthed, constricted in the middle and globose at the apex.Column 1–2 mm long.
Habitat
Epiphytic in riverine forest and woodland, occasionally lithophytic
Range
tropical Africa
Altitude range
500–1500 m.
1500
500
Distribution
Zambia N Mbala Distr., outlet from Lake Chila, 1630 m, fr. 1.xi.1941, Moreau 76 (K).Zimbabwe N Makonde (Lomagundi) Distr., Umvukwe Mts., fl. 5.ii.1976, Grosvenor 853 (K; SRGH).Malawi N Nkhata Bay Distr., Chikwina, on trees overhanging river, 500 m, la Croix (sight record).Zambia W Mwinilunga Distr., just south of Matonchi Farm, in Brachystegia woodland, fl. 16.x.1937, Milne-Redhead 2816 (K).Zambia C near Chongwe and Mulungushi Rivers, fl. 15.xi.1960, Morze 13 (K).Zambia S Mapanza, on riverine tree, 1060 m, fr. 18.iv.1954, E.A. Robinson 687 (K).Zimbabwe C Harare Distr., Rumani, 1400 m, fl. 9.xii.1950, James in GHS 30733 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Blantyre Distr., by road to Chikwawa, fl. xii.1971, Westwood s.n. (K).

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