Rhipidoglossum

Rhipidoglossum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 53 species, all from sub-Saharan Africa. thumb|right|Flower buds of Rhipidoglossum millarii

== Species == This genus contains the following species: Rhipidoglossum adoxum Rhipidoglossum afrum Rhipidoglossum arbonnieri – grows in epiphyte forests near waterfalls Rhipidoglossum bilobatum Rhipidoglossum brachyceras Rhipidoglossum brevifolium Rhipidoglossum burttii Rhipidoglossum candidum Rhipidoglossum clavatum – lives in Afromontane regions Rhipidoglossum confusum Rhipidoglossum cuneatum Rhipidoglossum curvatum Rhipidoglossum delepierreanum – native to rivers at elevations of above sea level Rhipidoglossum densiflorum Rhipidoglossum eggelingii Rhipidoglossum globulare – native to Tanzania Rhipidoglossum globulosocalcaratum Rhipidoglossum kamerunense Rhipidoglossum laticalcar Rhipidoglossum laxiflorum Rhipidoglossum leedalii – native to Kenya and Tanzania in Eastern Africa Rhipidoglossum longicalcar Rhipidoglossum lucieae Rhipidoglossum magnicalcar Rhipidoglossum melianthum Rhipidoglossum microphyllum Rhipidoglossum mildbraedii Rhipidoglossum millarii – grows on twigs in coastal forests of southeastern Cape Provinces and southwestern KwaZulu-Natal Rhipidoglossum montanum Rhipidoglossum montealenense – native to costal southwest Guinea Rhipidoglossum obanense Rhipidoglossum ochyrae Rhipidoglossum orientalis Rhipidoglossum ovale Rhipidoglossum oxycentron Rhipidoglossum pareense – native to the Pare Mountains of Tanzania Rhipidoglossum paucifolium Rhipidoglossum pendulum Rhipidoglossum philatelicum Rhipidoglossum polyanthum Rhipidoglossum polydactylum Rhipidoglossum pulchellum Rhipidoglossum pusillum – a dwarf plant with a stem of Rhipidoglossum rutilum – native to tropical Africa Rhipidoglossum schimperianum Rhipidoglossum stellatum Rhipidoglossum stolzii Rhipidoglossum subsimplex Rhipidoglossum tanneri Rhipidoglossum tenuicalcar Rhipidoglossum thomense Rhipidoglossum ugandense Rhipidoglossum xanthopollinium