Angraecum oblongifolium Toill.-Gen. & Bosser, Naturaliste Malgache 12: 13 (1961).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Perrierangraecum oblongifolium (Toill.-Gen. & Bosser) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 20 (2013).
Description:
Epiphytic, pendent plant; stem sometimes branching, up to 20 cm long; densely leafed; leaves 1.5-2 x 0.5-1 cm; one-flowered inflorescence; peduncle 2—5 mm long; flowers white, fleshy; dorsal sepal 14-16 x 6-7 mm, five-veined; concavely lip, 12-13 x 11-12 mm; lateral sepa1 15-17 x 6-7 mm, five-veined; petals 13-15 x 5 mm, three- to five veined; spur. 6-7 cm long; column 2.5-3 mm long; ovary with pedicel 2-2.5 cm long.
Habitat:
In humid montane forests.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cool growing epiphyte.
Notes:
This species has been placed in section Perrierangraecum by Garay, although the botanists who originally described it felt it did not fit convenieritly into any section.
Distribution:
SC. Madagascar
References:
Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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| Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. | Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. | Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. |
