Aerangis hyaloides (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1914
Photo by Egon Krogsgaard
Photo by Eric Hunt
Photo by Tony Watkinson and the Western Australia Orchid Society
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Common Name or Meaning The Glossy Aerangis
Flower Size 1/3 to 3/4" [1 to 1.85 cm]
Found in Madagascar in shady locales in moss forests at elevations of sealevel to 1000 meters as a miniature hot to warm growing epiphyte with a very short stem carrying 2 to 8 closely set, elliptic, unequally bilobed apically, coriaceous, dark glossy green leaves with somewhat erect, racemose, 2 to 2 3/4" [5 to 7 cm] long, inflorecence carrying from 6 to 20 glistening white flowers occuring in the winter.
Synonyms Aerangis pumilio Schltr. 1918; Angorchis hyaloides (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; *Angraecum hyaloides Rchb. f. 1880
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach 1890 as Angraecum hyaloides drawing; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as A pumilio; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 No 9 1986 photo fide; An Introduction to the Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986 as A pumilio drawing/photo fide; An Introduction to the Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 3 1996;Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glenn 2002; Orchid Digest Vol 70 #4 2006 photo fide; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006 photo fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 3 2008 photo; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009 photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species Parsons & Gerritsen 2013 photos fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide;
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