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Angraecopsis malawiensis P.J.Cribb in I.F.la Croix & al., Malawi Orchids 1: 26 (1983).
Description:
Very small epiphytic herb, almost stemless. Roots c. 1.5 mm in diameter. Leaves 2–3, 15–25 × 3–4 mm, elliptic or oblanceolate, unequally and obtusely 2-lobed at the apex, usually light green with reticulate venation. Inflorescence to 5 cm long, laxly 4–12-flowered, the flowers set c. 6 mm apart. Flowers green or yellow-green. Pedicel and ovary 4–5 mm long; bracts sheathing, c. 1 mm long, set on rhachis 2 mm below insertion of pedicel. Dorsal sepal erect, 2 × 0.5–1 mm, lanceolate or ovate, acute or obtuse; lateral sepals deflexed, 3–4 × 0.6–1 mm, obliquely linear-oblanceolate. Petals 1.5 × 0.5–1 mm, triangular-ovate. Lip entire, 2 × 1 mm, lanceolate, acute; spur 3–4 mm long, slender but swollen in the middle or towards the apex. Column 0.5 mm long; rostellum bifid; stipites and viscidia 2.
Habitat:
On twigs and small branches in riverine and montane evergreen rain forest, usually in deep shade 1700–2300 m.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cool growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
Tanzania to Malawi
References:
Malawi Orchids La Croix 1983; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Part 2 Pope 1998; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006 ; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 14.02-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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