Angraecum popowii Braem, Schlechteriana 2: 165 (1991).
Description:
Plant erect, stems to 15 cm long, covered in old leaf bases. Leaves spaced close together at the apex of the stem, forming a fan, nearly terete, with a distinct groove along the upper surface, 8.5 cm 1ong, 2 mm in diameter. Inflorescences axillary, usually several, each single-flowered; peduncle slender, 5- 6 cm long, sheathed at the base; bract amplexicaul, ovate, apiculate,?-8 mm long; pedicel and ovary 4 cm long. Flowers pale yellowish green with a white lip; sepals linear-triangular, acuminate, 3 cm long, 4-5 mm wide; petals shorter and narrower, 2.4 cm long,4 mm wide; lip triangular, acute, with an indication of rounded side lobes at the base, 3.2 cm long, 1.4 cm wide at the base, margins slightly recurved in the apical two thirds; spur slender, 14 cm 1ong.
Etymology:
Originally described from a plant imported into Germany with a collection of Jumellea teretifolia by the nurseryman N. Popow after whom it was named.
Habitat:
Epiphyte and lithophyte in a wide area of the highlands, often in Uapaca woodlands; 1200-1650 m; recorded in flower at various times of the year.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cool growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
C. & EC. Madagascar
References:
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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| Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. | Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. | Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. | Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. |
