Angraecum caricifolium H. Perrier 1938 SECTION Lepervenchea
Photo by Olaf Pronk and Laurette E.U.R.L. orchids of Madagascar
Common Name The Carex-Like Leaf Angraecum
Flower Size .2" [6mm]
Found in central Madagascar on tree trunks in moss forests at elevations of 900 to 1400 meters as a miniature to small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with a slightly compressed, very thin stem carrying 3 to 6, distant, linear, very thin, rigid, caniculate-pleated, obtuse, unequally bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on an axillary, 3/4 to 2.4" [2 to 6 cm] long, 5 to 10 flowered inflorescence enveloped basally by 2 to 3 distant sheaths and carrying the small flowers close to the stem.
Synonyms Angraecum carifolium H. Perrier 1938 [Mispelling]; Lepervenchea caricifolia (H.Perrier) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as A carifolium; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 6 1980 photo fide; An Introduction to the Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007 photo fide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009 photo fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide;
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