Angraecum appendiculoides Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 325 (1922).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Lepervenchea appendiculoides (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 16 (2013).
Description:
Plants with elongate stems, pendent, densely leafy and 2.5 mm in diameter. Leaves flat, oval lanceolate (13-16 x 7 mm below the center) and obtuse. Inflorescences thin, loose, 4-7 flowered; peduncle 10 mm long, covered basally with several sheaths; bracts widely oval-acuminate, longer than the pedicel, flowers small (2 5-3 mm long) and of a yellowish-green. Sepals lanceolate-acute, 2.5 mm long. Petals narrowly lanceolate-acuminate. Labellum widely oval, shortly acuminate, concave and 2 mm long, spur nearly straight, cylindrical obtuse, 1.75 mm long. Column very short. Pedicel very twisted, 2 mm long.
Habitat:
Pendent epiphytes, in mossy forests, from I700-2000 m alt., flowering in November-December.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus cool growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
C. Madagascar
References:
Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2007; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 25.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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