Found in Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe in high rainfall woodlands and evergreen forests at elevations of 900 to 2100 meters as a mini-miniature sized, ...
Description: Attractive dwarf epiphytic or lithophytic herb. Pseudobulbs subspherical, forming small chains. Leaves linear, grass-like, deciduous with the ...
Sep 7, 2014 · Polystachya greatrexii another African species found in African savanna woodland.
Polystachya greatrexii Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE] ; Habitat. Riverine forest, submontane evergreen forest, gully forest and moist Brachystegia woodland, on ...
Polystachya greatrexii is accepted species in the family Orchidaceae subfamily: Epidendroideae, tribe: Vandeae, subtribe: Polystachyinae, Genus Polystachya
Oct 15, 2018 · Records of this taxon from Zimbabwe are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely ...
Notes: Polystachya greatrexii is a little species and it is vegetatively very similar to Polystachya brassii in its short pseudobulbs, narrow leaves and very ...
Jan 31, 2023 · Details of record no: 36232. Polystachya greatrexii Summerh. Three blocks of information are displayed on this page, namely: (a) details of ...
The native range of this species is Burundi to S. Tropical Africa. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
The Greatrex's Polystachya is a warm growing epiphytic orchid belonging to the sub family Epidendroideae native to Malawi and Zimbabwe.