Aerangis citrata [Thou]Schlechter 1914
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Common Name or Meaning The Lemon-scented Aerangis
Flower Size 3/4" to 1" [2 to 3cm]
Found in Madagascar among mosses in humid evergreen forests on small branches and trunks of small trees at elevations of sealevel to 1500 meters as a miniature sized, [less than 4" total] hot to cool growing epiphyte with fine roots, a short stem carrying to 9, elliptic, dark green, thin textured leaves that are unequally bilobed apically which blooms in the spring, summer and fall on a 16" long [40cm], pendant inflorescence with 12 to 30, fragrant [lemon], waxy, small flowers all held in the same plane.
Synonyms Aerobion citratum Sprgl. 1826; Angorchis citrata O. Ktze. 1891; *Angraecum citratum Thou 1822; Rhaphidorhynchus citratus Finet 1907
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822 as Angraecum citratum drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Rhaphidorhynchus citratus drawing good; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 7 1958 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 10 1963; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 37 # 6 1968; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 4 1980 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 52 No 2 1983 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 7 1984 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 9 1984 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 No 9 1986 photo fide; Rudolph Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 16/17/18 945-1128 Brieger, Senghas 1985 photo fide; An Introduction to the Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986 Drawing/photo fide; Miniature Orchids Northern 1988; A Culture Manual for Angraecoid Orchid Growers Hillerman 1992 photo fide; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchds Pridgeon 1992; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Orchid Digest Vol 62 #3 1998 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 62 #4 1998 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 5 2005 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 11 2005 photo fide; Flora's Orchids Nash and La Croix 2005; Orchid Digest Vol 70 #4 2006 photo fide; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 NO 8 2007 photo fide; Miniature Orchids Frownie 2007;Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007 photo fide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #6 2011 photo fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #3 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 # 6 2019 photo fide; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #7 2019 photo fide;
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