Angraecopsis amaniensis Summerh. 1945

Another Plant and Flowers in situ Zimbabwe Photos courtesy of Bart Wursten © and his Flora Of Zimbabwe WebSite

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Common Name or Meaning The Amani Angraecopsis [Town in Tanzania]

Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]

Found in Kenya, Tanzania Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe as a small sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte in high rainfall areas, evergreen forests and occasionally on rocks at elevations of 750 to 2100 meters with a very short stem carrying 2 to 4, narrowly elliptic, blue green, almost fleshy, sometimes deciduous leaves that blooms in the fall on a pendant, several at once, 2 to 4" [5 to 10 cm] long, densely many [20] flowered inflorescence with fragrant flowers that smell of Lily of the Valley and are arranged in two rows. This species is best mounted to acccomodate the pendant flowering habit, given moderate shade, high humidity and a cooler, drier winter rest.

Synonyms Angraecopsis tenuicalcar Summerh.1945; Diaphananthe tenuicalcar Summerh. 1945; Rhipidoglossum tenuicalcar (Summerh.) Garay 1972

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Malawi La Croix 1983; Miniature Orchids Northern 1988; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Orchids of Kenya Stewart 1996; African Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Part 2 Pope 1998; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006