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Angraecum caulescens Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 75 (1822).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Aerobion caulescens (Thouars) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 717 (1826).
Mystacidium caulescens (Thouars) Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 488 (1885).
Epidorchis caulescens (Thouars) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891).
Description:
This plant seems to differ greatly from the Angraecum multiflorum by the inflorescences being much longer than the leaves, the stern shorter than the leaves and with the inflorescences in simple several flowered clusters, solitary, non grouped unilaterally from a single axis.
Habitat:
Humit Forest, 400-1200 meters m.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, warm to cool growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
Mascarenes, Madagascar
References:
Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and 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. 22.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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