I've got a couple of new plants...
One is definitely an Ansellia africana, and that one is flowering right now:
But I've got absolutely no idea what the other one might be:
A bit of background might be useful...
I found this little bulby thing tucked in between some hidden away ansellias at a local nursery (here in Namibia). It had been mounted on to a Baboon's Tail stump the same way as the Ansellia I bought. This is a very normal way of mounting orchids from Zimbabwe.
The plant had not in any way grabbed hold of the Baboon's Tail, it was just stuffed into a hole. I decided to take it out and potted it in crushed macadamia nutshells. The oldest and largest bulb is roughly 4 inches long. The roots look terrestrial to me, they remind me of cymbidium roots, but maybe it's just because they've been hidden away inside the mount for so long.
The bulbs also remind me of cymbidiums, in a way. They look like shiny, green leafless backbulbs somehow. The one leaf that grows out of the top of the bulb is tough. It has slightly serrated edges, and quite rough texture and is by far the hardest and thickest orchid leaf I've ever seen.
Well...I THINK it is an orchid at least...? I kinda looks like one, but bulbophyllum was just a wild guess from my side.
I've seen pictures of other orchids people have bought from street vendors from Zimbabwe, but I can't say I've seen any that looks like this...
What do you think?
Bulbo...phyllum?
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