Diaphananthe ichneumonea (Lindl.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward, Phytotaxa 71: 45 (2012).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum ichneumoneum Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 136 (1862).
Listrostachys ichneumonea (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1887(2): 681 (1887).
Epidorkis ichneumonea (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891).
Chamaeangis ichneumonea (Lindl.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 108 (1918).
Description:
Plants large with erect or pendent stems to 20 cm long. Leaves in 2 rows, curved, oblong-lanceolate, unequally bilobed at the apex, the smaller lobe sometimes absent, 17-50 cm long, 2.5-4.5 cm wide. Inflorescences pendent, arising below the leaves, 20-50 cm long, many-flowered, one flower per node; bracts clasping the rachis, broadly triangular, 1 mm long; pedicel with ovary slender, 5 mm long. Flowers cream, green, or brownish, scented at night; sepals 5-6 mm long, 2-3 mm wide; petals fleshy, finely papillose, oblong, obtuse, 5 mm long, 1.7 mm wide; lip oblong, shortly 3-lobed or 3-toothed at the apex, the side lobes often longer than the mid-lobe, 5-6 mm long, 3 mm wide; spur bent or curved, inflated in the apical part for 6-10 mm, in total 13-18 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte; flowering June to July, also November and December.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
W. Trop. Africa to Gabon
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 26.02-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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