Angraecum huntleyoides Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 160 (1906).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum chloranthum Schltr., Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 1: 189 (1913).
Description:
Plants acaults. 30cm. tall. Leaves loriform (20-30 x 2-2.5 cm.) very thin, unequal and obtuse apically. Peduncle thin, axillary, cylindrical, generally 3 cm, long, single flowered; bracts very small. Sepals lanceolate-subacute, upright and 13 mm long. Petals similar to the lateral sepals. Labellum cochleate-navicular, oval (9 x 5 mm. medially), trilobed, lateral lobes short, erect and nearly semi-square, the median oval lanceolate and obtuse, incurved and much larger than the laterals; spur recurved with the labellum, wide basally, then cylindrical, obtuse apically, 12 mm. long. Column very short: auricles squared. Anther truncate apically, pollina 2, oblong, with a common oblong cauda, tipped by a small transverse gland. Pedicel very long (5 cm. long).
Habitat:
On Pandanus trees in evergreen humid rainforest. Altitude 800 - 900 m, Plateau over Toamasina.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, warm to cool growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
NE. Madagascar. Endemic
References:
Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1981; 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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