Angraecum viride Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 395 (1914).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum braunii Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 167 (1918), nom. illeg.
Angraecoides viridis (Kraenzl.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 10 (2013).
Description:
Plants pendent with numerous slender, elongated roots among the leaves. Stems straight or curved, somewhat two-edged, up to 45 cm long. Leaves in two rows, linear-elliptic, unequally acutely bilobed at the apex, 2-5 cm long, 4-6 mm wide, pale green. Inflorescences arising below the roots, opposite to a leaf, bearing 1-2 flowers, often arising from the same point in subsequent years. Flowers green; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 3-5 mm long; petals lanceolate, acuminate, to 4 mm long; lip concave, ovate, acuminate, 3-4mm long, 2.5-3mm wide, spur straight or slightly curved, clavate, 1.8-2.5 mm long; column less than 1 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in warm forest near the coast; only recorded from the Shimba hills; 300m; flowering in May.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
SE. Kenya (Shimba Hills) to NE. Tanzania (E. Usambara Mts.)
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 28.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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