Angraecum verecundum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 348 (1925).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Gomphocentrum verecundum (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 14 (2013).
Description:
Plants upright or pendent stem 15-20 cm long and very thick (4 mm in diameter). Leaves linear-lingulate (10-14 cm x 8-14 mm near the center), slightly attenuate toward the base and unequally bilobed-obtuse apically. Inflorescences shorter than the leaves, single or double flowered; bracts oval, shortly apiculate, much shorter than the pedicel, flowers of a greenish-white, divisions 7 mm long generally. Sepals oblong, subacute and 5 veined, the laterals with the median vein very thickened dorsally. Petals slightly shorter than the sepals, obtuse and 5 veined. Labellum widely oval-apiculate (6.5 x 5 mm), with the median vein gradually thickened-keeled basally; spur sub cylindrical, unnoticeably enlarged apically, obtuse, 7.5 mm long. Column short (2 mm). Pedicel slightly twisted, to about 1 cm long.
Habitat:
Epiphytes; in mossy forests, from 2000 m alt., flowering in Februar.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
C. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 28.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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