Angraecum rhizomaniacum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 315 (1925).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Angraecoides rhizomaniaca (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 10 (2013).
Description:
Creeping, pendent plant as much as 20 cm tall; stem ordinarily simple, 2-3 mm in diameter, densely leafed; leaves 15-20 x 5-8 mm, unequally obtusely bilobed; inflorescences one-flowered, much shorter than the leaves, sometimes in groups of two or three; peduncie quite slender, 7-10 mm long; flowers small, fleshy, whitish green in color; sepals 5 mm long; petals almost as long as the sepals; lip 4.5 x 5 mm in the middle, concave; spur slender, 6.5 mm long; pedicellate ovary 5 mm long.
Habitat:
Growing in lichen forest at around 2,000 meters in altitude, flowering in January.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
Northern Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 28.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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