Angraecum teres Summerh., Kew Bull. 13: 265 (1958).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Boryangraecum teres (Summerh.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 12 (2013).
Description:
Plants small with a short pendent stem less than 2 cm long. Leaves narrow, terete, always pendent but sometimes arranged in a small fan, 4-15 cm long, apiculate. Inflorescences arching or pendent, slender, up to 15 cm long, 2- to 10-flowered. Flowers greenish ochre, small; dorsal sepal ovate-1anceolate, acuminate, 7-8 mm long, 3-4 mm wide; lateral sepals lanceolate, similar to dorsal sepal but narrower; petals lanceolate, acuminate, slightly longer than sepals; lip ovate or obscurely 3-lobed, 5 mm long; spur ascending above the ovary, to 2 cm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte on the boles of small trees and on large branches; rather rarely collected from only a few localities near the coast of East Africa; sea level to 200 m; flowering in March.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, hot to warm growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
Tanzania (E. Usambara Mts.)
Reference:
Orchids of East Africa Piers 1968; Flora of Tropical East Africa Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 2 Cribb 1984; Orchids of East Africa Piers 1968; Flora of Tropical East Africa Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 2 Cribb 1984; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 28.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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