Angraecum ferkoanum Schltr. 1918 SECTION Chlorangraecum Schlechter
Photos by Frank Henriet
Common Name or Meaning The Ferkoa Angraecum [Dr Paulo Ferko early 1900's]
Flower Size 1 1/5" [3 cm]
Found in eastern Madagascar in montane forests at elevations around 100 to 1000 meters as a hot to warm growing epiphyte with almost no stem carrying alternate, soft, lanceolate, light green leaves and blooms in the winter and spring 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], long-lasting flowers.
This orchid requires warm temperatures, semi-shaded and fairly humid, but airy conditions year round.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81; An Introduction to the Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986;Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bisser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009 photo fide; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide;
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