Angraecum muscicolum H.Perrier, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 7: 126 (1938).
Description:
Plants acaulis, 10 cm tall generally, 3-4 leaved, linear (2.5-7.5 cm x 1-3 mm) shortly attenuate toward both ends. Inflorescences shorter or much longer than the leaves, 1-3 flowered, peduncle 1.3-4 cm long, bearing 2.3 basal and 1intermediary sheaths: bracts short (1 mm). Sepals oval (4 x 1.7 mm), attenuate shortly toward the obtuse apex, with 3 visible veins, the laterals narrower and more acute than the median. Petals 3.5 mm long, attenuate gradually from the wide (l mm) base toward the acute apex. Labellum very concave, very widely navicular (4 x 4 mm), rounded-subcordate basally, shortly acuminate-acute apically, 11 veined, spur swollen-clavate, oval, 1.3 mm wide. Anther (l mm), without an appendage or tongue. Column 1 mm tall, auricles l mm tall, 0.7 mm wide, obtuse in front, deltoid acute behind; median tooth of the rostellum absent. Pedicel 4 mm long. twisted. Capsule oval-oblong (10 x 4.5 mm), obtuse apically and basally, with 6 obtuse and slightly projecting angles.
Habitat:
Growing on tree trunks in moss forest at around 1,400 meters in altitude. Flowers in February.
Distribution:
C. Madagascar
