Angraecopsis hallei Szlach. & Olszewski, in Fl. Cameroun 36: 908 (2001).
Description:
Plant with a short squat stem 2–3 cm long. Leaves 4, elliptic-oboval, unequally and acutely bilobed at the apex, 13 cm long, 5.6 cm wide. Inflorescence lax, 10- to 15-flowered; peduncle short; bracts very small, 1 mm long; pedicel with ovary 4 mm long. Flowers greenish white, small; dorsal sepal oval, cordate, 3–3.5 mm long, 2.7 mm wide; lateral sepals oval-lanceolate, above a narrow base, oblique, 5 mm long, 2.3 mm wide; petals obliquely oval-triangular, acute, cohering to the lateral sepals at the base, 3.8 mm long, 2.8 mm wide; lip transversely elliptic, obscurely 3-lobed, the lobes rounded or the mid-lobe subacute, a short callus at the base in front of the spur-opening, 5 mm long, 6 mm wide; spur incurved, swollen towards the apex, up to 7 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte; flowering in October.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Notes:
This species is named in honour of Nicolas Hallé, the French botanist who collected it. It seems most unlike all other species of Angraecopsis and would perhaps be better placed in the genus Diaphananthe.
Distribution:
Gabon.
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 14.02-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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