Acampe

Taxobox
name = "Acampe"


image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Acampe rigida"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Higher Epidendroideae
tribus = Vandeae
subtribus = Sarcanthinae
alliance = Trichoglottis
genus = "Acampe"
genus_authority = Lindl.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "Acampe carinata"
* "Acampe cephalotes"
* "Acampe ochracea"
* "Acampe pachyglossa"
* "Acampe praemorsa"
* "Acampe rigida"
* "Acampe thailandica"

"Acampe", abbreviated as Acp in horticultural trade, is a genus of seven monopodial, epiphytic vandaceous species distributed from tropical Africa to India, eastwards to China and southwards to Malaya, Indonesia, the Philippines and New Guinea. The name "Acampe" was derived from the Greek word "akampas", meaning "rigid", referring to the little, brittle, inflexible flowers.

These species produce slow-growing, medium-sized vines that form very large vegetative masses in nature. They are noted for their thick, leathery, leaves.

They produce fragrant small to medium-sized yellow flowers, barred with brown stripes, in a few to many-flowered racemose inflorescence. The brittle sepals and petals look alike. The ear-shaped, fringed, white labellum (lip) is (sac-shaped) or has a spur, and has red markings at its base. The fleshy column is short and has two waxy pollinia.

Due to their large size and small flowers, they are rarely cultivated.

"Acampe" forms a few intergeneric hybrids :
* x "Aracampe " ("Acampe" x "Arachnis")
*x "Vancampe" ("Acampe" x "Vanda")