Angraecum conchoglossum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 336 (1918).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum ramosum var. conchoglossum (Schltr.) H.Perrier, Fl. Madagasc. 49(2): 301 (1941).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum mirabile Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 338 (1918).
Angraecum bathiei Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 322 (1925).
Angraecum ramosum var. bathiei (Schltr.) H.Perrier, Fl. Madagasc. 49(2): 302 (1941).
Angraecum ramosum var. peracuminatum H.Perrier, Fl. Madagasc. 49(2): 302 (1941).
Arachnangraecum mirabile (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 11 (2013).
Description:
Plants 15cm tall stem stiff, very leafy, 3 mm in diameter, densely covered by the rugose-verrucose sheaths. Leaves narrowly linear (4-5 cm x 2.5 mm flattened), margins in turned and totally sub cylindrical and subuliform. Peduncle thin, rigid, 4.5-5.5 cm long, generally single flowered; bracts acuminate-obtuse. Sepals lanceolate basally, then acuminate-filiform. 35 mm long. Labellum oval-conchoidal, acuminate, wide (13 mm) medially, provided above with a median keel; spur with a large oriface, attenuate filiform, 11-12 cm long. Auricles squared. Pedicel 2 cm long.
Habitat:
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cool growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
NE. Madagascar
References:
Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1981; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 25.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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