Aerangis humblotii (Rchb.f.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward, Phytotaxa 71: 44 (2012).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Saccolabium humblotii Rchb.f., Flora 68: 537 (1885).
Chamaeangis humblotii (Rchb.f.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 165 (1972).
Microterangis humblotii (Rchb.f.) Senghas, Orchidee (Hamburg) 36: 22 (1985).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum saccolabioides H.Perrier, in Fl. Madag. 49(2): 209 (1941).
Description:
Plants very short, leaves oblong (12-15 x 3.5-4 cm), compressed basally and unequally bilobed-obtuse apically, Inflorescences numerous, many flowered, flowering nearly to the base, equaling the leaves; bracts triangular, often reflexed, much shorter than the pedicel. Sepals triangular, obtusely acute. Petals oblong compressed, obtusely acute, labellum oblong-navicular apiculate, toward the base, sometimes more or less unidentate on each edge; spur cylindrical, obtuse, contracted basally.
Etymology:
Named in honour of the French naturalist and entrepreneur, J. H. L. Humblot (1852-1914), who lived and collected in Madagascar (1881-1884) and in the Comoro Islands (1884-1914).
Habitat: ?
Cultivation:
As given for the genus
Distribution:
Comoros
References:
CRIBB, Phillip J.; CARLSWARD, B.C.: New combinations in Aerangis, Diaphananthe and Podangis (subtribe Angraecinae) 2012 Phytotaxa, no.71, 2012, p.42 - 47;WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 19.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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