​Acampe rigida (Buch. -Ham. ex Sm.) P. F. Hunt

Description   "Rigida" representing the word stiff or rigid.  Literally, this has been called the "Rigid Air-Blossom" Growing in tropical valleys on shady cliffs on karst limestone outcrops and or on trees at the forests edge at elvations of 300 to 800 meters as a large to giant sized, hot growing lithophyte or occasional epiphyte with a stout, often branched stem carrying thick, stiffly ascending, unequally yet minutely bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on an erect, axillary, shortly branched, 6" [15 cm] long, stout, few to several flowered inflorescence with fleshy flowers (IOSPE)
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Photorights: Cedric Jancloes
  • Size:  Plant 15 cm long, Leaves about 15 to 45 centimeters long and 3 to 5 centimeters wide Flower Size about 1.8 cm to 2 cm
  • Researcher: Pr Marpha Telepova Texier, 
  • Year: 2014
  • Growing:  (pot/wood)   pot/wood
  • Flowering period:   july to October
  • Color:   petals and sepals are yellow, but with tea-red stripes; lip is white with red stripes. Likes sunlight and moderate breeze.
  • Water:   medium to hot climate : 2 time a day winter 1 time daily
  • Light:   medium to low sunlight
  • ​Temperature:   medium to low temperature between ( 22 °C to 28 °C)
​​References: Acampe rigida (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) P.F.Hunt, Kew Bull. 24: 98 (1970).

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Homotypic Synonyms: * Basionym/Replaced Synonym

Heterotypic Synonyms: