Angraecum rhynchoglossum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 339 (1925).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Hermansia rhynchoglossa (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 15 (2013).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Mystacidium viride Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 122 (1886).
Epidorkis viridis (Ridl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891).
Angraecum viride (Ridl.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33(2): 438 (1915), nom. illeg.
Angraecum foxii Summerh., Kew Bull. 3: 278 (1948).
Description:
Plant almost stemless, with short leaves, about 12 x 4 mm, obscurely obtusely bilobed; inflorescence slender, about 25 mm long, one-flowered; flowers small, green; sepals and petals narrowly linear, reflexed; lip concave; spur stiff, 37 mm long; column very short.
Habitat:
In moss and lichen rich forests at elevations around 1034 to 1550 meters.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cool growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
Central Madagascar.
References:
Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009; WCSP (2017).'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 28.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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