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Angraecum bracteosum Balf.f. & S.Moore, J. Bot. 14: 293 (1876).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Listrostachys bracteosa (Balf.f. & S.Moore) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 10: 296 (1902).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Saccolabium squamatum Frapp. ex Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 195 (1895).
Description:
Plants upright, stems few to 30 cm long, closely covered with leaf bases and bearing thick grayish roots near the base, 5-7 mm in diameter. Leaves in 2 rows closely overlapping on the stem, dark green with very distinct venation, flexible, ligulate, unequally bilobed at the apex, 10-30 cm long, 4-6 cm wide. Inflorescence a tight, one-sided, upright raceme, axillary or arising between the leaf bases, held very close to the stem, bearing several flowers very closely together; bracts large and conspicuous, longer than the ovary. Flowers white, fleshy, 2-2.5 cm in diameter; sepals lanceolate, acute, slightly wider at the base than the petals; lip fleshy, saccate at the base, without a conspicuous spur; column green.
Habitat:
Epiphyte, widespread and fairly common locally where suitable habitats exist; 1000-1500 m; blooms in the late winter and early spring.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, warm to cool growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
Réunion
References:
Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 22.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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