Zimbabwe Orchids

[Shiffdaddy]

My mom was born and raised in Zimbabwe. I have visited my families farm about 6 times since i have been alive and think it would be cool to start collecting orchids that are indiginous to Zimbabwe. Are there any?

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Yes, there are orchids naturally occurring in Zimbabwe, but a large percentage of them pretty much don't make it into the trade.

They include:

Some Eulophia spp. Some Disa spp. Some Bulbophyllum spp. Some Satyrium spp. Some Brachycorythis spp. Some Habenaria spp. Maybe a few Polystachia spp.

There could be more genera of orchids from Zimbabwe, but I don't know what they'd be.

I can't specify down to the species level because I'm not familiar enough with African orchids in general to go that far in detail.

[ingse]

I just searched IOSP pages and here are the orchids from Zimbabwe mentioned there
zimbabwe - Google Search

[Shiffdaddy]

Thanks for the quick replies! I'll have to take a look at the IOSP page, that looks really helpful! Ansellia africana is one ive seen so far.

Ben