Aerangis hildebrandtii (Rchb.f.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward, Phytotaxa 71: 44 (2012).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum hildebrandtii Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1878(1): 725 (1878).
Angorchis hildebrandtii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 651 (1891).
Chamaeangis hildebrandtii (Rchb.f.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 165 (1972).
Microterangis hildebrandtii (Rchb.f.) Senghas, Orchidee (Hamburg) 36: 22 (1985).
Description:
Plant small-growing. Leaves ligulate, unequally bilobed. Inflorescences spreading, racemes lax. Flowers yellow-orange; sepals and petals ligulate, blunt, 2-3 mm long; lip oblong, acute; spur filiform, clavate, shorter than the ovary (Williams, 1894).
Etymology:
This plant was named in 1878 in honour of German collector J. M. Hildebrandt (1847-1881), who was in the Comoro Islands in 1875 and visited Madagascar in 1879-1881.
Habitat:
Humid tropical climate of the rainforest (without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 400 m / 1320 ft) :
Cultivation:
Slab mounted plant, shade; 500-1500 Footcandles (indirect low light,slight shadowing), free flowering throughout the year, intermediate to warm; 58°F min. to 88°F max., moist; 3-5 waterings per week (let dry lightly between waterings)
Distribution:
Comoros
References:
Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Orchid Australia Vol 11 No 1 1999; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 11 2008; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 19.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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| Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. | Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. |
