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Angraecum pingue Frapp. ex Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 214 (1895).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Mystacidium pingue (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Cordem., Rev. Gén. Bot. 11: 421 (1899).
Angraecoides pinguis (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 10 (2013).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum nasutum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 315 (1925).
Angraecoides nasuta (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 10 (2013).
Description:
Plant about 20 cm tall; stems often simple, heavily leafed, 2.5 mm in diameter; leaves 25-30 x 5-7 mm, gradually attenuate toward the tip, which is obtusely bilobed; inflorescences one-flowered, slightly longer than the leaves; peduncle quite slender, 3-3.5 mm long, with two short sheaths at the base; flower fleshy, rather large (perianth 14 mm), greenish yellow in color; sepals 14 mm long, lateral ones with dorsal keel; petals similar, narrower and shorter (12 mm); Tip concave; spur slender, almost chub-shaped at the tip, 15 mm long; column short (2 mm); pedicellate ovary 7 mm long.
Habitat:
Growing in lichen forest at around 2,000 meters in altitude, flowering in January.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cold growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
Mascarenes, N. Madagascar
References:
Flora Of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81; 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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