Aerangis splendida J.Stewart & I.F.la Croix 1987 Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.

Another Flower Angle Photo by © Lourens Grobler

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Common Name or Meaning The Splendid Aerangis

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Malawi and Zambia as a small sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte in deep shade of evergreen riverine forests low on tree trunks and larger branches at elevations of 1000 to 1500 meters with a woody stem carrying 3 to 8, pendant, oblanceolate, or obovate, unequally bilobed and rounded apically, leathery, dark glossy green leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on a pendant, to 12" [30 cm] long, laxly 2 to 7 flowered inflorescence with white flowers set apart in two rows.

This species is best grown mounted but if grown in a pot ample air circulation must be provided to keep black spots from forming on the leaves. Give it deep shade and high humidity in the growing season, and a cooler drier winter rest to ensure vigorous blooming.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; African Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997 drawing/photo fide; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 2 Pope 1998; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001; Orchid Digest Vol 70 #4 2006 photo fide; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 76 #3 2012 photo fide;

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