Angraecum imerinense Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 328 (1925).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Perrierangraecum imerinense (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 20 (2013).
Description:
Plants very thin, to 25 cm tall, stem simple, 20 cm long and 2,5-3 mm to diameter; leaves linear (25- 35 x 2.5-3.5 mm), coriaceous but thin, unequally bilobed-obtuse apically. Inflorescences from in the sheaths, peduncle short (l cm), covered entirely by the 2-3 compressed sheaths, bracts similar to the superior sheath of the peduncle fiowers white. Sepals lanceolate-lingulate, 19 mm long, acute. Petals nearly equal to the sepals, but slightly less acute. Labellum oval-elliptical (19 x 8-9 mm medially), obtuse and apiculate, concave basally with the median vein thick and keeled; spur pendent, filiform, slightly attenuate from the oriface to the apex, 9.5 cm long. Column 4 mm tall. Pedicel triquetrous, with the pedicel 2 cm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in trees on the eastern slope, from 1700 m alt., flowering in September.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
C. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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