Editing Acampe (section)

{{Short description|Genus of epiphytes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image =  Acampe rigida flower.jpg
| image_caption = ''Acampe rigida''
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Acampe
| authority = [[John Lindley|Lindl.]]
| type_species = ''Acampe multiflora'' (syn of ''A. rigida'')
| type_species_authority = ([[John Lindley|Lindl.]]) [[John Lindley|Lindl.]]
| synonyms_ref=<ref name=wcsp>{{WCSP|1406|''Acampe''}}</ref>
| synonyms =
*''Sarcanthus'' <small>Lindl.</small>
}}

'''''Acampe''''', abbreviated as '''Acp''' in horticultural trade, is a genus  of [[monopodial]], [[epiphytic]] vandaceous species of [[orchid]]s, 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]].<ref name="marionkadushin"/> The name ''Acampe'' was derived from the Greek word ''akampas'', meaning "rigid", referring to the small, brittle,  inflexible flowers.

''Acampe'' produce slow-growing, medium-sized [[vine]]s that form very large vegetative masses in nature.  They are noted for their thick, leathery, [[Wiktionary:distichous|distichous]] [[leaf|leaves]]. They produce fragrant small to medium-sized yellow [[flower]]s, barred with orange or red stripes, in a few to many-flowered [[raceme|racemose]] [[inflorescence]]. The brittle [[sepal]]s and [[petal]]s look alike. The ear-shaped, fringed, white [[Labellum (botany)|labellum]] (lip) is [[Wiktionary:saccate|saccate]] (sac-shaped) or has a spur, and has red markings at its base. The fleshy [[Column (botany)|column]] is short and has two waxy [[pollinium|pollinia]].<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=100067 Flora of China v 25 p 449, <big>脆兰属</big> cui lan shu, ''Acampe'' Lindley, Fol. Orchid. 4(Acampe): 1. 1853. ]</ref>

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