Angraecum vesiculatum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 348 (1925).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Gomphocentrum vesiculatum (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 14 (2013).
Description:
Plants to 10 cm tall stem short (5 mm in diameter). Leaves fleshy-coriaceous, lingulate (5 cm x 7 mm medially or more), unequally bilobed-sub acute apically and slightly attenuate toward the base. Inflorescences slightly longer than the leaves, loose, 2-3 flowered; peduncle thin, bearing several basal sheaths; bracts oval apiculate, nearly a third the length of the pedicel; flowers yellowish, divisions 8 mm long generally Sepals lanceolate acuminate Petals narrowly lanceolate, acute, nearly as long as the sepals. Labellum (7 x 8 mm) oval-elliptical and acuminate; spur clavate vescular, nearly as long as the sepals (8 mm). Column 2 mm tall. Pedicel 5-6 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in forests, from 2000 m alt., flowering in October.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
N. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 28.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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