Angraecum modicum Summerh., Kew Bull. 13: 84 (1958).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Angraecoides modica (Summerh.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 10 (2013).
Description:
Plants pendent with numerous slender, elongated roots amongst the leaves. Stems straight or curved, simple or with few branches, up to 15 cm long, 1.5-2 mm in diameter. Leaves in 2 rows, narrowly linear-lanceolate, pointed, very unequally bilobed at the apex, the longer lobe to 7 mm long and acute,3-8.5 cm long, 4-8 mm wide. Inflorescences arising along the stem, opposite a leaf, 1- to 3-flowered; bracts lanceolate, acute, 3-5 mm long; pedicellate ovary 1-1.5 cm long. Flowers pale pink or buff-coloured; sepals linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 19-23 mm long, 3 mm wide; petals lanceolate- linear, acute, 16-18 mm long, 1 mm wide; lip concave, ovate, very acute, ca. 15 mm long, 3- 3.5 mm wide; spur straight, l4 mm long, slightly constricted at the middle, somewhat swollen in the apical half.
Habitat:
Flowering in May. No other details available.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
Liberia
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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