Angraecum chamaeanthus Schltr. 1915 SECTION Nana [Cordem.] Garay Photo courtesy of Olaf Pronk and Laurette E.U.R.L. orchids of Madagascar

Plants in situ in Zimbabwe Photo courtesy of Bart Wursten © and his Flora Of Zimbabwe WebSite

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Common Name The Lowly Flowering Angraecum

Flower Size .1 to .15" [2 to 3 mm]

Found in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and northern South Africa on small twigs in montane and submontane forests at elevations of 1400 to 2400 meters as a super-miniature sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte with a short stem carrying 2 to 4, linear-ligulate to elliptic, slight bluish green leaves and blooms in the winter on a secund, .2 to 1.1" [1 to 3 cm], 4 to 10 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Malawi Orchids La Croix 1983; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Part 2 Pope 1998; Orchids of Kenya Stewart 1996; Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; African Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006

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