Acampe, abbreviated as Acp in horticultural trade, is a genus of monopodial, epiphytic vandaceous species of orchids, distributed from tropical Asia from India, eastwards to China and southwards to Malaysia, and the Philippines as well as from tropical Africa, Madagascar and islands of the Indian Ocean.

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

Species

Eight species are recognized as of May 2014:

  1. Acampe carinata <small>(Griff.) Panigrahi</small> - China, India, Assam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  2. Acampe cephalotes <small>Lindl.</small> - Assam, Bangladesh
  3. Acampe hulae <small>Telepova</small> - Laos, Cambodia
  4. Acampe joiceyana <small>(J.J.Sm.) Seidenf.</small> - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  5. Acampe ochracea <small>(Lindl.) Hochr.</small> - Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam
  6. Acampe pachyglossa <small>Rchb.f.</small> - Africa from Somalia to South Africa; Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles, Réunion, Aldabra
  7. Acampe praemorsa <small>(Roxb.) Blatt. & McCann</small> - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
  8. Acampe rigida <small>(Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) P.F.Hunt</small> - China, India, Assam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaya, Philippines

Acampe forms a few intergeneric hybrids :

  • × Aracampe (Acampe × Arachnis)
  • × Vancampe (Acampe × Vanda)

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