Angraecum pyriforme Summerh., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 230 (1936).
Description:
Plants with an elongate stem bearing leaves and roots along its length. Stems upright, at least at first, becoming pendent, 10-30 cm long. Leaves in 2 rows, narrowly lanceolate or oblong, slightly unequally bilobed at the apex, the shorter lobe quite distinct, 7-11 cm long, l-2 cm wide. Inflorescences short, slender, erect, single-flowered, or bearing 2 small flowers successively; bracts short. Flowers green or yellowish green, held with the lip on the upper side; dorsal sepal elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, 10 mm long; lateral sepals slightly curved, lanceolate, acute, 9 mm long; petals falcate, lanceolate, subacute, 8 mm long; lip ovate, acute, narrow at the base, 7.5 mm long, 4.5 mm wide; spur straight, narrow at the mouth then very narrow swollen at the end so that it appears clubshaped, 11-12 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in rain forest, in semi-shaded situations at low altitudes; flowering between April and June.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Notes:
Easily recognised by the short lip and characteristic shape of the spur.
Distribution:
W. Trop. Africa
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 28.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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| Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. | Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. |
