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Angraecum liliodorum Frapp. ex Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 198 (1895).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Jumellea liliodora (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33(2): 429 (1915).
Perrierangraecum liliodorum (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 20 (2013).
Description:
Plants erect, leafy in the upper part and with brown leaf sheaths towards the base, up to 10 cm long, 1 cm in diameter. Leaves in 2 rows, leathery, dark green, oblong-elliptic, narrowing slightly towards both ends, unequally bilobed at the apex, 5-6 cm long, 12-15 mm wide. Inflorescence axillary, single-flowered; pedicel with ovary twisted and 3-angled. Flowers white, lily-scented 5-6 cm in diameter; sepals and petals similar, lanceolate linear, acute, the sepals keeled on the back along the midline, the petals slightly smaller and not keeled; lip large, cordate, acuminate or acute, ca. 3 cm long and wide; spur slender, gradually attenuate towards the tip, 5-6 cm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte or on rocks in shady forests; sea level to 500 m; flowering May to July in Réunion, February to March in Mauritius.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, hot growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
Réunion
References:
Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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