Angraecum cornucopiae H.Perrier, Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 6: 265 (1955).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Gomphocentrum cornucopiae (H.Perrier) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 14 (2013).
Description:
Plant erect, 15-25 cm high, with slender stems 2-2.5 mm in diameter. Leaves grass-like, unequally bilobed at the apex, erect, rigid, 5-14 cm long, 4-7 mm wide. Inflorescences 2-4, arranged as in Angraecum multiflorum,3-5 cm long, 1- to 7-flowered; bracts scarious, reddish, 15 mm long, 2 mm wide; pedicel with ovary 3.5 cm long, twisted below the flower. Flowers yellowish green; sepals lanceolate, 6 mm long, 2 mm wide; petals similar to the sepals, shorter and narrower, 5.5 mm long, I mm wide; lip concave, boat-shaped, 7 mm long, 4 mm wide; spur narrowing towards the tip, 5 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte amongst lichens; 1500-1700 m; flowering November to December.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
NE. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 25.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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