Angraecum sacculatum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 347 (1925).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Gomphocentrum sacculatum (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 14 (2013).
Description:
Plants to about 17 cm tall, stem short (10 cm at most), 3 mm in diameter at most, leaves numerous, linear (3.7-6 cm x 4-7 mm), slightly attenuate toward the base, obliquely bilobed-sub acute apically. Inflorescences very thin, 1-2 flowered; peduncle setiform, to as much as 6 cm long; rachis not sinuate; bracts oval acuminate, nearly half the length of the pedicel; flowers yellowish, very small. Sepals lanceolate acute, 3 veined, 4-4.5 mm long. Petals slightly narrower than the sepals, lanceolate-sub acuminate and 3 veined. Labellum oval-acuminate, 3 veined and of the same length as the sepals; spur oblong-sacciform, obtuse, 14 mm long. Column wider than tall (l mm); auricles subsquare, the staminodes indicated only by a slight enlarged area on the external face of the auricles; median tooth of the rostellum absent. Pollina obpiriform cauda 2, joined by a common viscidium but separated into 2 obvious glands, elongated; pedicel twisted, 3-4 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte; in mossy forests, from 1300-1800 m alt.; flowering in September-February.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 28.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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