Angraecum tamarindicolum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 340 (1925).
Description:
Plants very small, acaulis, leaves 3-5, lingulate or linear-lingulate (2-5 cm x 3.5-5 mm medially), papyraceous and unequally bilobed-obtuse apically. Inflorescences generally shorter than the leaves, 1-2 flowered; peduncle setiform, to 3.5 cm long, clad with several basal sheaths; bracts oval-apiculate, nearly a third the length of the pedicel. Flowers thin, small (divisions 3 mm long) and of a yellowish-white. Sepals oval, obtuse and 3 veined. Petals oblong, 3 veined, obtuse and slightly shorter than the sepals. Labellum widely rhomboid-oval (3 x 3 mm below the center), very concave, obtuse and 3 veined, spur 7.5 mm long, enlarged behind, slightly swollen at its oriface, attenuate in the basal half, then swollen clavate-obtuse in the apical half. Column 1mm tall. Pedicel twisted, 3 mm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte, on Tamarindus indica, at less than 100 m alt., flowering in February.
Distribution:
N. Madagascar
