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Angraecum dasycarpum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 337 (1918).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Pectinariella dasycarpa (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 18 (2013).
Description:
Plants with the look of Angraecum pectinatum, roots villous, stem cylindrical (2.5-3 mm in diameter), to 10 cm long, densely leafy, sheaths rugose and striate-veined. Leaves oblong (7-10 x 4-1 mm), obtuse and often shortly apiculate, fleshy and marginate-cartilaginous. Peduncle very short covered by the sheaths; flowers white. Sepals glabrous, oblong-obtuse 6.5 mm long. Petals oblong-lingulate, obtuse, equal to the length of the sepals. Labellum oblong-lingulate, obtuse, slightly attenuate above the center, concave and 5.5 mm long, spur oblong-cylindrical obtuse, slightly attenuate below the center, straight, attracted near the pedicel, 4 mm long. Column very short, rostellum deeply emarginate, with a single median tooth. Pedicel sessile, cylindrical, densely covered with small dots and generally 5mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphytes or sometimes lithophytic orchid found in coastal eastern forests on mossy rocks or trees at elevations of sea-level to 800 meters.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, hot to warm growing.
Distribution:
E. Madagascar
References:
Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb, Laurent 1992; Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1981; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009;WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 27.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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