Angraecum clavigerum Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 485 (1885).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Angorchis clavigera (Ridl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 651 (1891).
Monixus claviger (Ridl.) Finet, Mém. Soc. Bot. France 9: 17 (1907).
Angraecoides clavigera (Ridl.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 10 (2013).
Description:
Small plant with short stern (5-10 cm), 3 mm in diameter; six to 12 leaves (15-25 x 3-6 mm), stiff, unequally obtusely bilobed; peduncle slender, 1-2 cm long; sepals 13—16 mm long, with five veins; petals shorter (12 mm), acute, and with seven veins; lip 11-12 x 4 mm, with seven fine veins; spur with narrow entrance, 6-10 mm long, club-shaped; pedicellate ovary 6-10 mm long.
Habitat:
Grows epiphytically in moss forest, at altitudes of 1,500 to 2,000 meters, the flowering season between January and March.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cool growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
Central Madagascar
References:
Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1983; Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; 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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