Ossiculum aurantiacum

Ossiculum aurantiacum is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is the only species in genus Ossiculum.

Ossiculum aurantiacum is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Source - * Pollard, B.J. & Darbyshire, I. 2004. Ossiculum aurantiacum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007. This Epidendroideae-related article is a stub. More

A spectacular orchid, Ossiculum aurantiacum, which lives on the branches of trees. "This belongs to a genus of orchid which has only been collected once before, in the 1980s," recalls Ben Pollard. More