Angraecum microcharis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 333 (1925).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Lesliegraecum microcharis (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 17 (2013).
Description:
Plants acaulis, very small (3-3.5 cm), leaves 4, obliquely lingulate (28 x 3.5-4 mm medially), gradually attenuate toward the base, unequally bilobed-obtuse apically. Inflorescences less numerous, upright; peduncle thin, 15 mm long, bearing several sheaths; cluster very loosely several flowered, unilateral, 15 mm long; bracts ascending, oval-acute, ordinarily half at long at the pedicel; flowers very small, thin and white. Sepals narrowly oblong, apiculate and 1.25 mm long. Petals oblong-lanceolate, sub arched, slightly narrower than the sepals Labellum very widely rhomboidal-apiculate, obscurely sub trilobed, 1.1 mm long and 1.25 mm wide (flat) and 5 veined; spur oblong-obtuse, slightly compressed dorsally and 1.25 mm long. Column very short, very thick. Pedicel sub claviform, 1.25 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte of branches, in trees, flowering in January.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
N. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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