Angraecum decipiens Summerh., Kew Bull. 20: 189 (1966).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Angraecopsis decipiens (Summerh.) R.Rice, Prelim. Checklist & Survey Subtrib. Aerangidinae (Orchidac.): 19 (2005).
Lesliegraecum decipiens (Summerh.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 17 (2013).
Description:
Plants dwarf, only a few cm high, with short, erect stems 1-5 mm high. Leaves 2-4, arranged in a small fan, linear or ligulate, falcate, 15-35 mm long, 2.5-3.5 mm wide, rather fleshy. Inflorescences simple, curved, 5- to 15-flowered. Flowers pale green or yellowish green, tiny, only 2-4 mm in diameter; dorsal sepal elliptic or obovate, subacute to obtuse, 1.7-2.3 mm long, ca. 1 mm wide; lateral sepals obliquely elliptic-obovate, acute or subacute, ca. 2 mm long; petals elliptic, subacute to obtuse, 1.6-2 mm long; lip entire, concave, ovate, obtuse, 1.5-2.1 mm long, with a short straight, clavate spur ca. 1.5 mm long.
Habitat:
In small trees and bushes in very shady habitats at elevations of 1600 to 2200 meters.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cool to cold growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
Kenya to N. Tanzania
References:
Orchids of East Africa Piers 1968; Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 3 Cribb 1989; Orchids of Kenya Stewart & Campbell 1996; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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