Angraecum tenuipes Summerh., Kew Bull. 6: 473 (1951 publ. 1952).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum ischnopus Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(2): 336 (1916), nom. illeg.
Gomphocentrum tenuipes (Summerh.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 14 (2013).
Description:
Plants with stem to nearly 30 cm long densely leafy, 2.5-3 mm in diameter, sometimes slightly branched and more or less ascending, Leaves linear (5-8.5 cm x 3.6 mm) unequally bilobed-obtuse apically. Inflorescences nearly equal to the leaves in length, very thin and 1-3 flowered; peduncle setiform, covered basally with several sheaths: bracts oval-acuminate, slightly shorter or longer than the pedicel, flowers small, greenish, opaque (without visible veins). Sepals oval, apiculate-acute, 5-7 mm long. Petals similar, slightly shorter than the sepals and slightly narrower (6 x 2 mm). Labellum oval, concave, shortly acuminates sub acute, longer than the petals and 3 mm wide below the middle; spur longer than the labellum, very curved, non-noticeably swollen at its oriface and saccate apically. Pedicel twisted, 5 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphytes in lichen forests, from 2500 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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| Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. | Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. | Photograph Gilles Grunenwald. Image used with kind permission. |
