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Orchid Species: Mystacidium muscicola

Kew currently accepted name is Rangaeris muscicola

Mystacidium muscicola is an orchid species identified by (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz in 1894. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Rangaeris muscicola.
Genus
Mystacidium (Mycdm.)
Grex
muscicola
Parents
Species
Author
(Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz
Year
1894
ORIGIN: Found in Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia., Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia and Zimbabwe at elevations of 600 to 2200 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte or occasional lithophyte with a short, stout stem with 5 to 11, linear, folded, stiff, slightly curved, dark green leaves held in a fan and blooms in the fall and winter on a 4 to 12 long, to 20 flowered, axillary, racemose inflorescence that arises from the lower leaf axils and has white, fragrant flowers that turn a light orange with age. This species likes to have a drier winter and copious water in the spring and summer.

FLOWER SIZE: 1 1/2 wide -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Rangaeris Rgs muscicola 1936 (Rchb.f.) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel
Add+ Aerangis Aergs engleriana 1915 (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
Add+ Aerangis Aergs falcifolia 1915 Schltr.
Add+ Aerangis Aergs floribunda 1932 (Rolfe) Summerh.
Add+ Aerangis Aergs solheidii 1918 (De Wild.) Schltr.
Add+ Angraecum Angcm solheidii 1916 De Wild.
Add+ Listrostachys Lit engleriana 1894 (Kraenzl.) Kraenzl.
Add+ Listrostachys Lit floribunda 1918 Rolfe
Add+ Mystacidium Mycdm batesii 1897 Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.)
Add+ Mystacidium Mycdm muscicolum 1894 (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz
Add+ Aerangis Aergs muscicola 1915 (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
Add+ Aeranthes Aerth muscicola 1865 Rchb.f.
Add+ Listrostachys Lit muscicola 1897 (Rchb.f.) Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.)
Add+ Aerangis Aergs batesii 1915 (Rolfe) Schltr.
Add+ Aerangis Aergs mixta 1918 Schltr.
Add+ Listrostachys Lit solheidii 1916 De Wild.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Rgs. muscicola 'Monroe' (1975)
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