Angraecopsis lisowskii Szlach. & Olszewski, in Fl. Cameroun 36: 914 (2001).
Description:
Plant erect with a short stem 4 cm long. Leaves 6, oblong-oval or oblong-ligulate, unequally and obtusely bilobed at the apex, 14–17 cm long, 3–4 cm wide. Inflorescences lax, arising below the leaves, bearing 25–30 flowers in the apical third, 8– 11(–30) cm long; bracts oval 2–2.5 mm long; pedicel with ovary slender, 7 mm long. Flowers white, small; dorsal sepal broadly oval, 1.5 mm long, 1 mm wide; lateral sepals oblong-oboval, L-shaped, 3 mm long, 1.2 mm wide; petals obliquely triangular, fused to the lateral sepals at the margin, 1.5 mm long, 1 mm wide; lip fleshy, especially at the apex, 3-lobed at the middle, side lobes very small, triangular, in total 2.5 mm long; spur narrowly cylindric in the basal half, then somewhat inflated and narrowing to the acute apex, 8 mm long.
Etymology:
Named in honour of Polish scientist Stanislaw Lisowski (1924–2002) who collected plants in Cameroon, this species has a very distinctive flower and lip.
Habitat:
Epiphyte, usually near the ground; 1150 m; flowering in August.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cool growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
Cameroun
References:
Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 14.02-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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