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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Ancistrochilus''
| image = Ancistrochilus.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| image_caption = ''Ancistrochilus rothschildianus''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Arethuseae]]
| subtribus = [[Bletiinae]]
| genus = '''''Ancistrochilus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Robert Allen Rolfe|Rolfe]], [[1897]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*''[[Ancistrocilus rothschildianus]]''
*''[[Ancistrochilus thomsonianus]]''
}}
'''''Ancistrochilus''''' is a genus of the orchid [[family (biology)|family]] ([[Orchidaceae]]), comprising only 2 [[species]]. The name is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''ankistron'' ("hook") and ''cheilos'' ("lip"), referring to the form of the lip.
These two species are cool to hot growing orchids, found from tropical [[West Africa]] to [[Tanzania]] and [[Uganda]]. They grow on tree trunks and large branches at elevations between 500 to 1100 m.
These are [[sympodial]] [[epiphyte|epiphytic]] plants with wide, characteristic conical or pyriform [[pseudobulb]]s, carrying two to three broad, acute, lanceolate [[leaf|leaves]]. These leaves are shed after growth has slowed down.
Three to four large and attractive, fragrant [[flower]]s, 8 cm across, then appear from the base of the mature leafless pseudobulb in a pubescent [[inflorescence]]. The [[petal]]s and [[sepal]]s are dark-colored, rose pink . The three-lobed [[labellum|lip]] is magenta. It ends in an elongated, narrow, curved projection.
==Species==
* ''Ancistrochilus rothschildianus'' O'Brien 1907 : Rotschildt’s Ancistrochilus (W. Trop. Africa to Uganda)
* ''Ancistrochilus thomsonianus'' (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1897 (S. Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa)
==References==
* Christenson, E. A.. Ancistrochilus thomsonianus: the successful introduction of a rare African species. Orchids 71(1): 30-32., 2002
* Mannens, P.. Niet zo vaak gezien in een collectie Ancistrochilus. Orchideeen no.1: 9-10, 2002
{{commonscat|Orchidaceae}}
[[Category:Orchid genera]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Ancistrochilus''
| image = Ancistrochilus.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| image_caption = ''Ancistrochilus rothschildianus''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Arethuseae]]
| subtribus = [[Bletiinae]]
| genus = '''''Ancistrochilus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Robert Allen Rolfe|Rolfe]], [[1897]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*''[[Ancistrocilus rothschildianus]]''
*''[[Ancistrochilus thomsonianus]]''
}}
'''''Ancistrochilus''''' is a genus of the orchid [[family (biology)|family]] ([[Orchidaceae]]), comprising only 2 [[species]]. The name is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''ankistron'' ("hook") and ''cheilos'' ("lip"), referring to the form of the lip.
These two species are cool to hot growing orchids, found from tropical [[West Africa]] to [[Tanzania]] and [[Uganda]]. They grow on tree trunks and large branches at elevations between 500 to 1100 m.
These are [[sympodial]] [[epiphyte|epiphytic]] plants with wide, characteristic conical or pyriform [[pseudobulb]]s, carrying two to three broad, acute, lanceolate [[leaf|leaves]]. These leaves are shed after growth has slowed down.
Three to four large and attractive, fragrant [[flower]]s, 8 cm across, then appear from the base of the mature leafless pseudobulb in a pubescent [[inflorescence]]. The [[petal]]s and [[sepal]]s are dark-colored, rose pink . The three-lobed [[labellum|lip]] is magenta. It ends in an elongated, narrow, curved projection.
==Species==
* ''Ancistrochilus rothschildianus'' O'Brien 1907 : Rotschildt’s Ancistrochilus (W. Trop. Africa to Uganda)
* ''Ancistrochilus thomsonianus'' (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1897 (S. Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa)
==References==
* Christenson, E. A.. Ancistrochilus thomsonianus: the successful introduction of a rare African species. Orchids 71(1): 30-32., 2002
* Mannens, P.. Niet zo vaak gezien in een collectie Ancistrochilus. Orchideeen no.1: 9-10, 2002
{{commonscat|Orchidaceae}}
[[Category:Orchid genera]]
