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Angraecum peyrotii Bosser, Adansonia, n.s., 11: 32 (1989).
Description:
Plant with a short, robust stem 5-6 cm long, 4-5 mm in diameter, and with many smooth roots. Leaves 6-8, thick, semi-cylindric, concave on the upper surface, 10-12 cm long, 7-8 mm in diameter. Inflorescence single-flowered; peduncle thick, completely covered by thin sheaths, 1-2 cm long; bract similar to the sheaths but longer, 15-18 mm long, shorter than the ovary; ovary twisted, the angles winge d, 3-3.5 cm long. Flower large, fleshy, sepals and petals pale green, lip white; sepals narrowly triangular, the laterals falcate and thickened along the midvein on the outer surface, 3.5-4.5 cm long, 5-8 mm wide; petals similar, spreading, a little smaller than the sepals; lip broadly elliptic, rounded at the base, actfie,3.5-4 cmlong,2-2.5 cm wide; spur filiform, 10-15 cm long.
Etymology:
Named in honour of Dr. Jean-Pierre Peyrot, a medical doctor in Madagascar, who was an amateur orchid enthusiast and discovered this plant while on a collecting trip with Bosser.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in shady forest; ca. 1300-1500 m; flowering in September.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Notes:
Easily recognised by its semi-cylindric leaves.
Distribution:
C. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 28.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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