Angraecum acutipetalum var. analabeensis H.Perrier ex Hermans, Orchids Madagascar, ed. 2: 287 (2007).
Description:
Differing from the type by the divisions of the flowers being shorter (sepals and labellum 3mm long; petals 2.5 mm) all being obtuse and with the spur shorter (2 mm), In this form the anther is widely notched in front, with the edges of the notch obviously angular-acute, and with the 2 cauda linear and joined apically by a single large viscidium.
Habitat:?
Cultivation:
As Angraecum acutipetalum Schltr.
Distribution:
C. 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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