Angraecum hermannii (Cordem.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33(2): 434 (1915).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Mystacidium hermannii Cordem., Rev. Gén. Bot. 11: 421 (1899).
Pectinariella hermannii (Cordem.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 19 (2013).
Description:
Plant very small, scarcely more than 3 cm high, with finely hairy roots, and with erect stems. Leaves 10 in 2 rows, spreading, elliptic, folded with a well developed dorsal keel, margins recurved, 8-12 mm long, 2.5-3.5mm wide. Inflorescence piercing the leaf sheath, single-flowered; ovary glabrous, scarcely 2 mm long. Flower very small, white; sepals- oval-oblong, thick, apiculate, 3-3.5 long, 2 mm wide, dorsal slightly concave; petals broadly oval, acute, thick, 2.5 mm long, 1.8 mm wide; lip concave, oval-acute, opaque, 2.5 mm 1ong, 1.5 mm wide; spur an obtuse sac, 2 mm long, 1.2 mm wide.
Habitat:
Epiphyte on twigs and branches amongst mosses and lichens in forest; ca. 1200 m above sea level; flowering in February.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cool growing epiphyte.
Notes:
According to Garay (1973),this species is not different from Angraecum pterophyllum Perrier which was described much later from Madagascar.
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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