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Bolusiella iridifolia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Orchidaceae

Tribe
  
Vandeae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Asparagales

Subfamily
  
Epidendroideae

Subtribe
  
Aerangidinae

Bolusiella iridifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is widespread across much of tropical and southern Africa, as well as the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean.

Bolusiella iridifolia grows in a cold windy humid environment at high altitudes. The species has succulent leaves that form a fan shape. The inflorescence is periodically covered in brown bracts from which protrude tiny white spurred flowers.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:

  • Bolusiella iridifolia subsp. iridifolia - from Ivory Coast east to Ethiopia and Tanzania, south to Angola and Zimbabwe; also Comoros
  • Bolusiella iridifolia subsp. picea P.J.Cribb - from Burundi and Kenya south to Zimbabwe
  • References

    Bolusiella iridifolia Wikipedia