Angraecum egertonii Rendle, Cat. Pl. Oban: 107 (1913).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Angraecoides egertonii (Rendle) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 10 (2013).
Description:
Plants pendent with numerous slender, elongated roots amongst the leaves. Stems straight or curved, somewhat 2-edged, up to 40 cm long, 1.5-2 mm in diameter. Leaves in 2 rows, broadly elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, bluntly biIobed at the apex, 1.5-4.5 cm long,8-20 mm wide. Inflorescences arising along the stem, opposite a leaf, single-flowered. Flowers white or greenish white; sepals broadly lanceolate or elliptic, acuminate, 6-11 mm long, 1.5 mm wide; petals similar to the sepals but narrower; lip concave, lanceolate ovate, 4-7.5 mm long spur ca. 7 mm long, swollen at the apex into an almost globoid sac.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in forest, near waterfalls; flowering September to November.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, warm growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
S. Nigeria to Gabon
References:
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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