Angraecum cuculatum Thouars 1822 SECTION Perrierangraecum Schlechter Photo courtesy of ?

Common Name or Meaning The Cowl-Carrying Angraecum

This is a warm growing epiphytic orchid found in the Mascarene Islands.

Synonyms Aerobion cucullatum (Thouars) Spreng. 1826; Angorchis cucullangis Thouars ex Kuntze 1894 ; Angorchis cucullata (Thouars) Kuntze 1891; Angorchis fragrangis Thouars ex Kuntze 1894; Macroplectrum cucullatum (Thouars) Finet 1907

References W3 Tropicos [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html] , Kew Monocot list [ http://www.kew.org/wcsp/home.do ], IPNI [ http://www.us.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?request_type=search&output_format=query&ret_defaults=on ]; Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986;