Angraecum andasibense H.Perrier, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 7: 124 (1938).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Lesliegraecum andasibense (H.Perrier) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 17 (2013).
Description:
Plants acaulis, leaves 5-7 linear (3-6 cm x 3-4 mm), bilobed apically with the lobes obtuse and unequal. Inflorescences numerous, below the leaves, 7-15 cm long, 1-2 flowered; peduncle 6-12 cm long, filiform, clad with 5-7 distant sheaths; bracts of a slight 2 mm long; flowers inverted, yellowish. Sepals widely linear (4 5 mm), obtuse and opaque. Petals thick, lanceolate-acute (3.5 x 0.8 mm). Labellum oval-infundibuliform. 5.5 mm long including a thick 1.5 mm long acumin, 4 mm. wide basally and 7 veined, spur shortly attenuate below the wide oriface, swollen above the center, then attenuate-acute, 1.3 cm long. Anther provided in front with a wet) developed, truncate and pleated tongue, which is narrow. Column very short (0.7 mm), auricles obtuse (1 x 0.5 mm); median tooth of the rostellum absent. Pedicel glabrous. 5-6 mm long. Capsule oblong (10 x 4 mm), attenuate toward the base, with 3 acute, projecting angles, sides flattened, flat apically.
Habitat:
Epiphytes of trunks, in mossy forests, from 1000 m alt., flowering in February.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus
Notes:
Angraecum andasibeense february 2019. This species can be confused with A.rhynchoglossum, but A.andasibeense have tallest inflorescence between 7-15 cm with many bracts 5-7 and often 2 flowers by inflorescence also A.andasibense have many leaf (5-7 leaf) more than A.rhynchoglossum (2 leaf).
Distribution:
N. & C. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 24.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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