Angraecum letouzeyi Bosser 1989 publ. 1990 SECTION Perrierangraecum Photo courtesy of Olaf Pronk and Laurette E.U.R.L. orchids of Madagascar

Common Name Letouzey's Angraecum [French Specialist on Cameroon flora and friend of Bosser later 1900's]

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found in east central Madagascar in shady, mossy evergreen forests at elevations of 900 to 1200 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with a very short stem carrying 4 to 5, erect, cylindric, very narrow, acute leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a below the leaves, single flowered inflorescence enveloped by 3 to 4, obtuse sheaths.

Synonyms Perrierangraecum letouzeyi (Bosser) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009

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