Angraecum rhizanthium H.Perrier, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 163 (1951).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Gomphocentrum rhizanthium (H.Perrier) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 14 (2013).
Description:
Epiphytic plant 10—15 cm tall, stem fairly slender (3 mm in diameter); heaves 5—9 x 0.7—0.8 cm; sheaths reddish, clearly veined transversally; inflorescences arranged in similar manner to Angraecum multiflorum, 1.6—6 cm long, one- to three-flowered; peduncle 2—6 cm long, filiform, stiff; sepals three-veined, attenuate from 2.8 mm wide base to very acute tip; petals as long as sepals but very much narrower; lip concave; spur cylindrical, 4 mm long; column 1.5 x 1.5 cm; pedicellate ovary 5 mm long.
Habitat:
Growing in moss forest at 1,000—1,500 meters in elevation.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Notes:
Differs from Angraecum multiflorum by a very attenuate-acute lip; cylindrical, straight spur; reflexed dorsal sepal.
Distribution:
Northern Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 28.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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