Product information "Polystachya paniculata"
Name: | Polystachya paniculata (Sw.) Rolfe 1897 |
Synonyms: | Dendrobium paniculatum Sw. 1805 |
Etymology: | paniculatus = paniculate |
Propagation: | seed |
Parents: | Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Etiopia, Uganda and Zaire |
Habitat: | epiphytic, rarely lithophytic, in rainforests on large primary branches of trees at altitudes of 200 to 1900 metres |
Notes: | Mini to medium-sized orchid, but the upright stems with countless small flowers on branching panicles make this species a real eye-catcher. |