Angraecum tenuifolium Frapp. ex Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 207 (1895).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Lepervenchea tenuifolia (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Cordem., Rev. Gén. Bot. 11: 416 (1899).
Description:
Plants with flattened stems up to 30 cm long. Leaves linear, thin, 4-8 cm long, 2-4 wide. Inflorescences solitary in each leaf axil, multi-flowered on a somewhat flattened tachis, as long as the leaves. Flowers yellowish green, small. 6 mm in diameter; sepals and petals ovate-lanceolate, 3 mm long; lip concave, wider than the petals; spur straight, cylindrical, as long as the ovary.
Habitat:
In humid forests.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
References:
Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 28.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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