Angraecum geniculatum G.Will., Kirkia 13: 247 (1990).
Description:
Erect epiphytic herb with stem 1–8.5 cm long; roots slender, c. 0.5 mm in diameter, borne along the stem. Leaves up to c. 9, distichous, 3–4.5 cm × 3–6 mm, linear-ligulate, sometimes falcate, unequally 2-lobed at the apices. Inflorescences arising along the stem, opposite the leaves, 1–3-flowered; peduncle wiry, 2.5–4 cm long. Flowers straw-orange or pale green. Pedicel and ovary S-shaped, to 4 mm long; bracts less than 1 mm long. Dorsal sepal 3.6–5.5 × 1 mm, lanceolate, acute. Lip very concave, to 4.5 mm long, the basal part suborbicular, 2.5 mm wide, tapering rather abruptly to an acuminate tip; spur 5.5–8 mm long, geniculate, wide-mouthed becoming slender, then inflated at apex. Column c. 1 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphytic in dense fringing forest.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Notes:
Williamson placed this species in Section Boryangraecum, close to Angraecum sacciferum.Vegetatively it resembles Angraecum stolzii in the more or less elongated stem and in the way the inflorescences arise along the stem in fascicles (inflorescences arise from the same place in successive years, with peduncle bases persisting to form a cluster).More collections of Angraecum geniculatum are needed.
Distribution:
Zambia, Not known elsewhere
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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