Angraecum amplexicaule Toill.-Gen. & Bosser, Naturaliste Malgache 12: 11 (1961).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Pseudojumellea amplexicaulis (Toill.-Gen. & Bosser) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 21 (2013).
Description:
Epiphytic plant, with pendent stem up to 30 cm long. Sinuous grey roots 3-4 mm thick; leaves 4-5.5 x 1 cm; one-flowered inflorescence; peduncle 7-9 mm long; flowers white, fleshy; sepals 17 x 7 mm, five-veined; petals similar to sepals, 16 x 5-6 mm; lip 15 mm long, very concave; spur 10-11 cm long; column short, wider than long; ovary green.
Habitat:
From rain forest.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus
Distribution:
Eastern Madagascar.
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 24.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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