Angraecum xylopus Rchb.f., Flora 68: 538 (1885).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Macroplectrum xylopus (Rchb.f.) Finet, Mém. Soc. Bot. France 9: 23 (1907).
Boryangraecum xylopus (Rchb.f.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 12 (2013).
Description:
Stems thick and very robust, leaves close apically, distichous, generally 15 mm long, sub cylindrical, canaliculated above, acute apically. Inflorescences numerous, rigid, sometimes flexuous apically, 5-9 flowered, distant, arranged in a loose cluster, bracts small, oval-triangular, acute and much shorter than the twisted pedicel. Sepals triangular-lanceolate, petals slightly shorter and narrower. Labellum lanceolate, spur filiform nearly as long as the pedicel. Pedicel twisted. Anther subsquare, superior angles acute, the inferiors obtuse, median tongue of the rostellum acicular, longer than the auricles. Pollina obpiriform, cauda 2, distinct, linear, narrow and rounded toward both ends, without a viscidiums.
Habitat:
Angraecum xylopus is endemic in the Comoro Islands, where it frequently forms a "dump" some 12—18 inches in diameter.
Cultivation:
The plants can all grown on slabs with typical intermediate temperatures and light, and are misted almost daily.
Notes:
This is another species of interest mostly to the species buff "who must have one of everything" or the "mini-grower."
Distribution:
Comoros
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 28.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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