Angraecum aviceps Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 335 (1925).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Boryangraecum aviceps (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 12 (2013).
Description:
Small plants, acaulis, 6-7 cm tall, leaves 3-4 lingulate (5-6 cm x l-1.2mm. medially), slightly attenuate toward the unequally bilobed-obtuse apex, thin and nearly papyraceous. Inflorescence ordinarily slightly longer than the leaves, to 5 cm long; peduncle slightly flexuous, paucivaginate and 2-2.5 cm long, cluster loose, longer than the peduncle, rachis flexuous and 3-5 flowered; bracts deltoid-apiculate. One quarter to one-fifth the length of the pedicel; flowers yellowish, thin. Sepals narrowly lanceolate, acute, 7 mm long, the laterals, with their dorsal vein thick and keeled. Petals linear-lanceolate, subacuminate, generally 5.5 mm long. Labellum (6.5 x 2.5 mm) concave, rostrate-subulate above the oval base, slightly fleshy and obtuse: spur horizontal, subfiliform cylindrical, attenuate, below the wide oriface, 9-10 mm long. Column 2 mm tall. Pedicel twisted, 6 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte, in eastern woods, from 1000 m alt., flowering in July.
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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