Angraecum vesiculiferum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 341 (1925).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Boryangraecum vesiculiferum (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 12 (2013).
Description:
Small plants, acaulis, 5 cm tall, with lanceolate-lingulate leaves (5 cm x 8 mm medially), slightly attenuate toward the have and obliquely acuminate apically. Inflorescence nearly twice as long as the leaves, 2.3 flowered: peduncle thin to 15 mm, long: bracts oval-apiculate, half as long as the pedicel; flowers thin. Sepals lanceolate, acute or sub acuminate, 1 veined and 5 mm long, petals lanceolate, acuminate, 1 veined, recurved and slightly shorter than the sepals. Labellum widely oval (4.5 x 3 mm), concave, acuminate: spur recurved horizontally, swollen-vesiculate apically obtuse and 2.5 mm long. Column 1.5 mm tall. Pedicel 3 mm long.
Habitat:
Growing epiphytically on tree branches in moss forest, at around 2,000 meters in altitude, blooming in September.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cool growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
C. Madagascar
References:
Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/1981; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2007; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 28.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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| Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. | Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. |
