Angraecum dives Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 142 (1897).
Description:
Stems to 4 cm (2 in.) lang. Leaves two to six, 5-25 x 0.5-1.5 cm (2-10 x 0.25-1 in.), linear, leathery. Inflorescences many, 3-25 cm (1-10 in.) long, 8- to 25-flowered. Flowers pate greenish-yellow, fleshy. Sepals and petals 5 x 1.2-1.5 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, recurved, the petals slightly narrower than the sepals. Lip 4 x 2.5 mm, ovate, acuminate, very concave, slightly recurved; spur 2.5-3 mm long, slightly swollen at the apex, curving up.
Habitat:
Coastal forest and woodland, and on coral rocks in the open, to 50 m (165 fr.).
Cultivation:
From its habitat, it should like fairly good light and warm to intermediate temperatures.
Distribution:
Socotra, SW. Somalia to Tanzania
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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