Angraecum pauciramosum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 350 (1925).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Lepervenchea pauciramosa (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 17 (2013).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Mystacidium graminifolium Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 490 (1885).
Epidorkis graminifolia (Ridl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891).
Monixus graminifolius (Ridl.) Finet, Mém. Soc. Bot. France 9: 19 (1907).
Angraecum graminifolium (Ridl.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33(2): 434 (1915), nom. illeg.
Angraecum poophyllum Summerh., Kew Bull. 8: 162 (1953).
Description:
Stems elongated, numerous graminiform leaves (10-45 x 2.5-3.5 mm), unequally bilobed apically and striate-carinate inflorescences thin. 6 flowered or more; peduncle 10-12 mm long; rachis sinuate. 12- 30 mm long; bracts oval, 1-1.5 mm long; flowers small, greenish. Median sepal (2 x 0.7 mm), attenuate from the base to the apex, subacute and with the veins slightly distinct; laterals similar, but slightly longer (2.7 mm). Petals narrow (2 x 0.5 mm), acute and of the same form. Labellum widely oval-acute (2 x 1.5 mm) and concave, spur cylindrical, straight, thick and obtuse (2 x 0.6 mm). Column very short; auricles with their upper surface fiat, the lower obtuse; median tooth of the rostellum absent. Anther depressed, notched in front, the margins of which are obtuse; cauda 2, oblanceolate, joined by a single common viscidium in a crease. Pedicel twisted, 2 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte; in mossy forests, where it grows as a pendent epiphyte at 800 to 1,200 meters in altitude, flowering between July and November.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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