Angraecum curvicalcar Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 325 (1925).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Perrierangraecum curvicalcar (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 19 (2013).
Description:
Plants very small, 4-7 cm tall, acaulis or sub acaulis sheaths slightly rugose, leaves 4-5, linear (35-60 x 4-6 mm), unequally bilobed-obtuse apically. Peduncle 3 mm long covered entirely by the 2-3 compressed sheaths bracts similar to the apical sheath and much shorter than the pedicel; flowers white. Sepals oval lanceolate, subacute and 13 mm long. Petals oval-oblong, obtuse, nearly as long and wide as the sepals. Labellum widely rhomboid sub orbicular (13 x 1.2 mm above the middle), obtuse apically, concave basally, the median vein thick and keeled basally; spur curved-sigmoid in front, filiform and gradually enlarged toward the oriface, 4 cm long. Column 3.5 mm tall. Pedicel sub triquetrous, 2.5 mm long generally.
Habitat:
Epiphytes in lichen forests, from 2000 m alt., flowering in January.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
N. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 25.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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