Angraecum ferkoanum Schltr. 1918 Section Chlorangraecum Schlechter

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Frank Henriet

Southern Hemisphere

Common Name or Meaning The Ferkoa Angraecum [Dr Paulo Ferko early 1900's]

Flower Size 1 1/5" [3 cm]

Found eastern Madagascar in forests at elevations around 800 to 900 meters as a warm to cool growing epiphyte with almost no stem carrying alternate, soft, lanceolate, light green leaves and blooms in the winter in the southern hemisphere on an axillary, short, 2 to 5 flowered inflorescence with resupinate, fragrant [night scent of liquorice mixed with lily-of-the-valley aging into yellowish green flowers with a pure lily-of-the-valley scent], l;ong-lasting flowers. This orchid requires intermediate temperatures, semi-shaded and fairly humid, but airy conditions year round.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Flora Of Madagascar Perrier 1981; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006

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