Angraecum floribundum Bosser, Adansonia, n.s., 10: 102 (1970).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Lemurangis floribunda (Bosser) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 16 (2013).
Description:
Plant with a long woody stem bearing leaves throughout its length or losing its leaves towards the base, 40-60 cm long, 4-6 mm thick. Leaves many, l-2 cm apart, the leaf sheaths keeled, liguIate, flat, dull green, narrowing slightly towards the base and unequally bilobed at the apex, 8-13 cm long, 1.5-2 cm wide. Inflorescences solitary or appearing more than once from the same point, piercing the leaf sheath, shorter than the leaves, 3-4 cm long, 1- or 2-flowered; bracts boat-shaped, compressed, 3-4 mm long; pedicel with ovary 7-8 mm long. Flowers green, fleshy; dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, acute, 11-13 mm long, 4-5 mm wide; lateral sepals somewhat narrower; petals lanceolate, acute, 10-11 mm long, 2.5-3.5 mm wide; lip concave, oval, rostrate, with a central papillose keel on the inner surface, 9-11 mm long, 4-5 mm wide; spur slightly curved, inflated at the apex and laterally compressed, 7-8 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in shady forest; 1,200—1,300 meters in altitude. Flowering in August.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Notes:
Similar to Angraecum costatum Frapp. from Reunion Island, from which it is distinguished by stronger growing habit, longer leaves, and larger flowers.
Distribution:
C. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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