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Polystachya bicalcarata

Polystachya bicalcarata
Photo: Maëlis, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Bulb
Native range
SE. Nigeria to Cameroon, Bioko
Climate
wet tropical

About

Polystachya bicalcarata is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is found in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Polystachya plants

Polystachya bifida · Greater yellowspike orchid · Polystachya cooperi · Polystachya elegans · Orchid · Polystachya kupensis · Polystachya laxiflora · Polystachya maculata · Polystachya neobenthamia · Polystachya puberula · Polystachya subdiphylla · Orchid

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polystachya bicalcarata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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