Mystacidium tanganyikense 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
Mystacidium tanganyikense Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Mus. Leafl. [Harv. Univ.] 12: 113 (1945). —Morris, Epiphyt. Orch. Malawi: 102 (1970). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 186 (1977). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 594, fig. 148 (1989). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 283 (1991). Type from Tanzania.
Mystacidium sp. no. 1 [family ORCHIDACEAE], (Wild 4535) of Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 84 (1976). —Ball, South. African Epiphyt. Orch.: 140 (1978).
Information
Dwarf, delicate-looking, short-stemmed epiphytic herb.Roots very slender, 0.5–1 mm in diameter.Leaves several, 1–6 × 0.3–1.2 cm, oblanceolate, unequally and obtusely 2-lobed at the apex, dark green with raised venation.Pedicel and ovary 5–12 mm long, slender; bracts c. 2 mm long, brown.Flowers translucent, white or pale green.Sepals 4–8.5 × 1–2 mm, lanceolate, acute, spreading, slightly recurved; lateral sepals slightly longer and narrower than the dorsal sepal and somewhat oblique.Petals 4.7–7.3 × 1.5–2.5 mm, lanceolate, acute.Lip obscurely 3-lobed, 4.7–6.6 × 2.7–3 mm, lanceolate, acute; spur 10–20 mm long, slender, tapering from a wide mouth.Column 1 mm long.
Habitat
In dense shade in montane evergreen rainforest, on trunks, branches and lianas, usually in moss
Altitude range
1700–2400 m.
2400
1700
Distribution
Zambia E Nyika Plateau, x.1965, (flowered in Lusaka i.1996), G. Williamson 129 (K, spirit).Zimbabwe E Mutare Distr., Himalaya Range, Engwa, 1800 m, fl. 5.iii.1954, Wild 4535 (K; SRGH).Malawi N Nyika National Park, Lake Kaulime, 2300 m, fl. ii.1968, G. Williamson 822 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Mulanje Mt., Lichenya Plateau, 1940 m, fl. 20.ii.1983, la Croix, Jenkins & Killick 460 (K).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Mystacidium tanganyikense Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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