Angraecum elliotii Rolfe 1891 SECTION Angraecoides Photo by © Dominique Karadjoff

Common Name Elliot's Angraecum [English Orchid Collector in Madagascar 1800's]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Madagascar in Moss and lichen covered forests at elevations of 1200 meters as a warm growing epiphyte with an elongate stem carrying well spaced all along the stem, 2 ranked, linear to linear-lanceolate, spically short pointed lobed leaves that blooms on an axillary, single flowered inflorescence.

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References W3 Tropicos Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006