Angraecum mofakoko De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 189 (1916).
Description:
Plants with stems bearing leaves and roots along their length. Stems upright, somewhat compressed so that they appear flattened, up to 100 cm long. Leaves well-spaced, oblong, 7-15 cm long, 1-3 cm wide. Inflorescences shorter than the leaves, slender, 1- to 3-flowered; bracts ovate, acuminate 4-5 mm long; pedicellate ovary 12-13 mm long. Flowers white and green; dorsal sepal narrowly elliptic, acuminate, 15-25 mm long, ca. 5 mm wide; lateral sepals similar but smaller, 10-20 mm long, ca.2.5 mm wide; petals narrowly elliptic, acute, 15-20 mm long, ca. 2 mm wide; lip concave, elliptic, without a distinct longitudinal linear callus along the centre, but with undulate margins, 10-20 mm long, ca. 3.5 mm wide; spur slender, incurved at first, then reflexed, 30-35 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte, pendent or scandent in rain forest; often near water; 1500-1600 m; flowering in April.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
Zaïre
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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