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Angraecum cadetii Bosser, Adansonia, n.s., 9: 252 (1987 publ. 1988).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Hadrangis cadetii (Bosser) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 15 (2013).
Description:
Plants robust, sometimes confused with Angraecum bracteosum; stems 2-15 cm long, ca. 1 cm in diameter, rooting from the base. Leaves in 2 rows, flexible, somewhat folded along the midrib, dark green above, paler below, venation prominent, 10-27 cm long, 1.5-4 cm wide. Inflorescences axillary, spreading or pendent, 5-15 cm long, bearing 2-5 flowers spaced 1-1.5 cm apart; bracts broadly oval, sheathing the base of the ovary, 8-15 mm long; ovary cylindric, 1-1.2 cm long. Flowers fleshy, pale green at first, becoming more or less white in the apical parts as they age; sepals and petals ovate, pointed at the apex, the lateral sepals keeled on the outer surface, the petals slightly smaller than sepals, 10-15 mm long,7-9 mm wide; lip with a conical sac at the base, the limb curved and with rounded side lobes slightly developed, ca. 10 mm long and 8 mm deep.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in humid forests; 300-1000 m; flowering between January and March.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, hot to warm growing epiphyte.
Notes:
Recognised as a distinct species relatively recently and described in 1987 in honour of L. J. T. Cadet (1937-1987), a French botanist who made valuable studies of the orchids in his native Reunion.
Distribution:
Mascarenes
References:
Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 25.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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