Angraecum clavigerum Ridl. 1885 SECTION Angraecoides [Cordem.] Garay

Photo by Olaf Pronk and Laurette E.U.R.L. orchids of Madagascar

Common Name The Club-Carrying Angraecum [refers to the swollen end of the spur of the flower]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Madagascar in the central highlands in moss forests at elevations of 1280 to 2000 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with 6 to 12 stiff, lingulate, unequally bilobed apically, basally clasping leaves and blooms in the summer on an axillary, single flowered, short inflorescence enveloped by 2 to 3 basal sheaths and another, scarious-thin and short bract towards the center also carrying very short floral bracts that just begin to cover the pedicel.

Synonyms Angorchis clavigera (Ridl.) Kuntze 1891; Angraecoides clavigera (Ridl.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013; Monixus clavigera (Ridl.) Finet 1907