Angraecum affine Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 19 (1905).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum ligulatum Summerh., Kew Bull. 13: 276 (1958).
Description:
Plants with elongate S-shaped stems bearing leaves and roots along their length. Stems upright, somewhat compressed so that they appear flattened, 10-25 cm long. Leaves ligulate-lanceolate or oblong, unequally and obliquely bilobed at the apex, lobes rounded, 10-16 cm long, 1-2.5 cm wide. Inflorescences shorter than the leaves, slender, 3- or 4-flowered; bracts ovate, acuminate 4-5 mm long; pedicellate ovary 12-13 mm long. Flowers pale green or whitish; dorsal sepal narrowly elliptic, acuminate, 9-14 mm long,2-5 mm wide; lateral sepals similar; petals oblong, subacute to obtuse, 9-11 mm long, 1.5-4 mm wide; lip concave, obscurely 3-lobed, 8-11 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, with a distinct longitudinal linear callus along the centre as far as the middle, the side lobes rounded, the mid-lobe recurved, linear; spur cylindric and thickened into an ellipsoid shape at the apex, i5-25 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte, pendent or scandent in rain forest; 1500-1600 m; flowering in April.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
WC. Trop. Africa to Uganda
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 24.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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