Angraecum onivense H.Perrier, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 7: 122 (1938).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Lesliegraecum onivense (H.Perrier) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 17 (2013).
Description:
Plants to 10 cm tall, acaulis, with 7-8 narrowly lanceolate linear leaves (7-8.5 cm x 3.5-4 mm) attenuate gradually toward both ends, terminal lobes acute and very unequal. Inflorescence below the leaves, slightly longer than the leaves; peduncle bearing 2-5, distant sheaths; bracts very small (at most 1 mm), slightly shorter than the pedicel; rachis filiform and nearly sinuate; flowers small, white, very loosely arranged. Sepals, oval-obtuse (1.8 x 1 mm), thick. Petals, slightly shorter (1.4 x 0.7 mm). Labellum very concave, oval (1.8 x 1.3 mm), obtuse and opaque; spur longly saccate (1.4 mm), contracted medially (0. 6 mm wide), dilate-globulous apically (1.1 mm wide). Column very small (0. 5 mm), auricles thick and flat, median tooth of the rostellum absent. Anther very small (0.3 mm), truncate in front. Pedicel 1.2 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte of trunks; in mossy forests, from 1400 m alt.; flowering in February.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
C. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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