Angraecum moratii Bosser, Adansonia, n.s., 10: 106 (1970).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Pseudojumellea moratii (Bosser) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 21 (2013).
Description:
Epiphytic plant with long (40-50 cm), compressed stem 6-8 mm thick; leaves 4-7.5 x 1.5-2 cm, unequally obtusely bilobed; inflorescence one or two-flowered; peduncle stiff, 2.5-4 cm long; flowers fleshy, pure white; dorsal sepal 20-22 x 8-10 mm; lateral sepals 20-22 x 8 mm; petals 17-20 x 10-11 mm; lip 15-18 x 8-9 mm; spur filiform, pendent, 12-13 cm long; fleshy column 2.5-3 mm long.
Habitat:
Growing at around 900 meters in humid and subhumid forests.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Notes:
Plant similar in habit to Angraecum florulentum Rchb. f., but is stronger growing and has a differently shaped Tip. Bosser placed it in section Euangraecurn Schltr. even though the inflorescence is only one- or two flowered. The plant characteristics are also similar to species in the African section Afrangraecum Summerh., but in that section of the base of the peduncle is solidary with the rachis, a condition that is not found in the Madagascan plant.
Distribution:
N. & ENE. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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