Dinklageella

(pronounced: dink-lah-gee-EL-lah)

Classification

Vandeae subtribe Aerangidinae

Overview

Scrambling, climbing, monopodial epiphytes or lithophytes, rooting along the stem, the roots long, branched. Leaves alternate, distichous, elliptic, notched at the apices. Inflorescences short, few-flowered racemes, produced subopposite to the last leaf. Flowers white. Sepals and petals free, spreading. Lip three-lobed, with a long club-shaped spur. Column very short; pollinia 2, on a stipe and viscidium.

Etymology

Honoring the German plant collector Max J. Dinklage who added to our knowledge of West African plants.

Distribution

A genus of two species from Tropical Africa.

Care and Culture Card

See basic growing conditions and care information below.


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