Angraecum giryamae Rendle 1895 SECTION Angraecum Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt

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Common Name The Giryama Angraecum [Tribe In N Kenya]

Flower Size

Said to be a subspecies of Angraecum eburneum, I will separate it for now. Differs by having flowers with the lip slightly wider than long, obscurely 3-lobed inn the upper part and has a spur that is less than 2.4" [6 cm] long and occurs only in Kenya and Tanzania.

Synonyms Angraecum eburneum subsp giryama [Rendle] Cribb & Senghas

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb, Laurent 1992 as Angraecum eburneum var giryamae; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchds Pridgeon 1992 AS Angraecum eburneum ssp giryamae; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995 AS Angraecum eburneum ssp giryamae; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Angraecum eburneum var giryamae; Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005 AS Angraecum eburneum ssp giryamae; Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Orchids of Kenya as Angraecum eburneum ssp giryamae; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006 as Angraecum eburneum ssp giryamae

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