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Angraecum kranzlinianum H.Perrier, Fl. Madagasc. 49(2): 276 (1941).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Aeranthes engleriana Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 62 (1893).
Angraecum englerianum (Kraenzl.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33(2): 433 (1915), nom. illeg.
Perrierangraecum kranzlinianum (H.Perrier) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 20 (2013).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum robustum Kraenzl., Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 44: 324 (1930), nom. illeg.
Description:
Stem short, curved or pendent 5-10 mm in diameter. Leaves distichous, numerous (11-25), fleshy, narrowly pleated marginally, flat and slightly arched, 2.5-4 cm long and 5-7 mm wide (10-15 mm flattened) very rounded apically, foliar sheaths brown, finely traversely rugose. Inflorescence (flowers excluded) shorter than the leaves, peduncle very short, entirely covered by the 3 short sheaths, loose thin and scarious, bracts thin, brown obtuse or subacute, widely opened and 10 mm tall, flowers white, very large (divisions 2.5-3 cm long). Sepals lanceolate-acute, the median carinate marginally the laterals carinate-winged. Petals nearly similar but not keeled or winged dorsally. Labellum widely rounded-dilate marginally, cuspidate-subacute in front, spur 6-8 cm long, curved in front then straight attenuate from the very wide oriface to the filiform apex. Pedicel 3.3.5 cm long.
Habitat:
Epiphytes in lichen forests and mossy forests, from 1500-2000 m alt., flowering in Januar.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
N. & NE. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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