Angraecum bemarivoense Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 332 (1925).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Lesliegraecum bemarivoense (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 17 (2013).
Description:
Very small plants, acaulis, 4-5 cm tall, with 3-5 oblique, oblong or oblong-lingulate leaves, to 15 mm. long and 5 mm. wide medially, gradually attenuate toward the base, unequally bilobed-obtuse apically. Inflorescences by 3-4, very thin, to 33 mm long and being about twice at long as the leaves; peduncle very thin, slightly longer or shorter than the leaves and bearing several sheaths; cluster slightly flexuous always loose, 7-12 flowered, unilateral and to 23 mm long; bracts oval-apiculate, ordinarily half as long as the pedicel; fiowers very small, white and thin. Sepals oblong-sub apiculate, 1.25 mm long, the laterals with their dorsal vein slightly thickened. Petals oblique, oblong, sub obtuse, slightly shorter and slightly narrower than the sepals. Labellum oval in contour, sub apiculate, and concave spur oblong, saccate, obtuse, slightly longer than the pedicel, compressed on both edges, provided with 3 projecting veins and 1.35 mm long. Column very short. Ovary nearly claviform, shortly pedicellate and 1.15 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte of branches; in eastern forests, from 800 m alt.; flowering in September.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
N. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 25.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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