Angraecum acutipetalum Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(2): 337 (1916).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Gomphocentrum acutipetalum (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 14 (2013).
Description:
Plants with a short stem, to about 10-12 cm tall, bearing in the apical half 5-9 lingulate leaves, very variable in size (4-12 cm x 5-10 mm), contracted basally, attenuate toward both ends, more heavily so toward the unequally bilobed-acute apex, canaliculate above and keeled below. Inflorescences ordinarily shorter than the leaves, rachis flexuous, bearing 2-5 flowers; peduncle 10-15 mm long, bearing 2-3 papyraceous sheaths; bracts wide and short, sub triangular, not more than 1.5 mm tall, flowers small, fleshy, green with a white labellum. Sepals lanceolate, acute, 5.5 mm long. Petals obliquely, lanceolate, very acute, as long as the sepals. Labellum widely oval-cucullate, shortly acuminate, 5 mm long, provided above basally with a slightly thickened median tongue; spur 5 mm long, straight and cylindrical, then abruptly enlarged in a transverse sac (nearly in the shape of a 2 headed hammer) twice as wide. Column short, auricles squared, Pedicel generally 6 mm long.
Habitat:
This orchid is found in the Antananarivo region where it grows on moss- and lichen-covered trees at 3300-6550 ft. (1000-2000 m).
Cultivation:
Read more of cultivation of Angraecum acutipetalum Schltr.
Distribution:
Madagascar
References:
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. xxxiv. II. 337 (1916). De la Bathie, H., and H. Humbert. [1939, 1941] 1981. Flora of Madagascar 1-2. The Government of Madagascar and the National Museum of Natural History, Paris. Translated and published in 1 vol., Steven D. Beckman, 621 Palm Ave., Lodi, CA, U.S.A. 95240. Du Puy, D., P. Cribb, J. Bosser, and J. and C. Hermans. 1999. The Orchids of Madagascar.; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 22.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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| Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. | Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. |
