Angraecum parvulum Ayres ex S.Moore in J.G.Baker, Fl. Mauritius: 357 (1877).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Angorchis parvula (Ayres ex S.Moore) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 651 (1891).
Lesliegraecum parvulum (Ayres ex S.Moore) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 17 (2013).
Description:
Plant diminutive. Leaves narrowly linear, 2.5-5 cm long, 2 mm wide. Inflorescences as long as the leaves but arising below them, 2- or 3-flowered. Flowers pale green, about 4 mm wide; sepals longish, obtuse; petals linear, narrower than the sepals; lip concave, ovate-round, shortly acuminate; spur ellipsoid, obtuse,2 mm long.
Habitat:
In upland humid forests at elevations around 700 to 2400 meters.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, warm to cold growing epiphyte.
Notes:
Similar in habit to Angraecum sacciferum.
Distribution:
Mascarenes
References:
Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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