Angraecum myrianthum Schltr., Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 1: 197 (1913).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Boryangraecum myrianthum (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 12 (2013).
Description:
Plants acaulis or sub acaulis, densely leafy, leaves 7-9, linear (12-20 cm x 7-9 mm medially, very unequally bilobed-obtuse apically. Inflorescences very numerous, densely many flowered, nearly to the base, longer than the cases, bracts hyaline, nearly as long as the pedicel; flowers very small, greenish. Sepals oval-lanceolate acute, 2 mm long. Petals lanceolate acute Labellum oval-lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the sepals, spur conical, subacute, slightly contracted basally, 0.75 mm long. Columns short, notch of the rostellum deep. Pollina obovate. Pedicel 2 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte on branches; flowering in June.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
SW. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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