Angraecum falcifolium Bosser, Adansonia, n.s., 10: 104 (1970).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Lemurangis falcifolia (Bosser) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 16 (2013).
Description:
Plant with long flattened stems, branching, forming a network on the tree trunks, 50-60 cm 1ong. Leaves imbricate in 2 rows, very distinctive, folded along the median vein, compressed, the lamina oval, oblong, falcate or recurved, amplexicaul, bilobed at the apex, with rounded lobes, 1.5- 2 cm long, 0.8-1 cm wide. inflorescences axillary, nearly as long as the leaves, 3- to 5-flowered; bract triangular, 2 mm long; pedicel with ovary twisted at the apex, 3 mm long. Flowers green, small; sepals lanceolate, acute,6.5 mm long, 2 mm wide, the laterals a little narrower; petals lanceolate, acute, 5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide; lip concave, oval-lanceolate, acute, minutely papillose on the inner surface including over the central keel, in total 6 mm long, 2 mm wide; spur broadly cylindric, slightly flattened, 3 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in a remnant of shady forest.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
SC. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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