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Angraecum obversifolium Frapp. ex Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 212 (1895).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Mystacidium obversifolium (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Cordem., Rev. Gén. Bot. 11: 425 (1899).
Angraecoides obversifolia (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 10 (2013).
Description:
Plant with long curved stems, erect or pendent, 40-50 cm long, with numerous very slender roots. Leaves in 2 rows on the upper part of the stem, thin, the obverse turned upwards, falcate, minutely bilobed at the apex, 6-12 cm long, 4-8 mm wide. Inflorescences very slender, borne in the axils of the upper leaves from the same point for several years in succession, 2- to 4-flowered; bracts short and loose; pedicel and ovary short, very twisted. Flowers very small, yellowish green, up to 4 mm in diameter; sepals oval; petals smaller, lanceolate; lip hollow at the base then long acuminate, as long as the dorsal sepal; spur parallel to the ovary, as long as the lip.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in shady forests, fairly widespread; 1000-1800 m; flowering October to January.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cool growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
Mascarenes
References:
Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Photograph P. Bernet ©Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz Image used with kind permission.	Photograph P. Bernet ©Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz Image used with kind permission.	Photograph P. Bernet ©Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz Image used with kind permission.	Photograph Frederic Henze. Image used with kind permission.