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Angraecum striatum Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: 72 (1822).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Aerobion striatum (Thouars) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 717 (1826).
Saccolabium striatum (Thouars) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 224 (1833).
Angorchis striata (Thouars) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 652 (1891).
Gastrochilus striatus (Thouars) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 (1891).
Mystacidium striatum (Thouars) Cordem., Rev. Gén. Bot. 11: 422 (1899).
Monixus striatus (Thouars) Finet, Mém. Soc. Bot. France 9: 18 (1907).
Hadrangis striata (Thouars) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 29: 15 (2013).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Macroplectrum distichophyllum Finet, Mém. Soc. Bot. France 9: 23 (1907).
Angraecum distichophyllum (Finet) A.Rich. ex Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33(2): 433 (1915).
Description:
Plants upright, stems few to 30 cm long, closely covered with leaf bases and bearing thick grayish roots near the base, 5-7 mm in diameter. Leaves in 2 rows closely overlapping on the stem, dark green with very distinct venation, stiff, ligulate, slightly unequally bilobed at the apex, 10-25 cm long, 4-5 cm wide. Inflorescence in one-sided racemes, axillary or arising between the leaf bases, upright, slightly shorter than or as long as the leaves, bearing several widely spaced flowers; bracts conspicuous, shorter than the ovary. Flowers 5-7, white, fleshy, 1-1.5 cm in diameter; sepals lanceolate, acute, slightly wider at the base than the petals; lip fleshy, concave, with a conspicuous conical spur to 1 cm long; column green.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in forests, still relatively common in certain areas; 1000-1500 m; flowering in February and sometimes at other times of the year.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cool growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
Réunion
References:
Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/1981; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2007;WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 28.01-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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