Angraecum letouzeyi Bosser, Adansonia, n.s., 11: 374 (1989 publ. 1990).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Perrierangraecum letouzeyi (Bosser) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 20 (2013).
Description:
Plant very small, stems not more than 4 cm high, with verrucose roots from the base and few leaves near the top. Leaves 4-5, erect, cylindric, and very narrow, pointed at the apex, 6-10 cm 1ong, 1-1.2 mm in diameter. Inflorescence arising below the leaves, single-flowered; peduncle covered entirely by 3 or 4 obtuse sheaths; bract similar to these sheaths, 4-5 mm long; pedicel and ovary 3-4 cm long. Flowers white, small; dorsal sepal lanceolate, tapering from the base to the tip, 14-15 mm long, 2.8 mm wide; lateral sepals spreading, asymmetric at the base, keeled on the back, 15-17 mm long, 3 mm wide; petals narrowly lanceolate, acute, 13-14 mm long, 1.5-1.7 mm wide; lip concave, oval-lanceolate, without a callus on the surface, attenuateacute at the apex, 15-16 mm long, 7 mm wide; spur slender, 6-7 cm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in shady forests; 900-1200 m; flowering in October and February.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, warm to cool growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
EC. Madagascar
References:
Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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