Angraecum madagascariense (Finet) Schltr.1918 SECTION Lemurangis
Photos by © Dominique Karadjoff
Common Name The Madagascar Angraecum
Flower Size very small
Found in central and eastern Madagascar in high plateau wet forests at elevations of 600 to 1500 meters as a mini-miniature, warm to cool growing epiphyte with pendant to curved downwards, short stems with short, oval, close set, amplexicaul, obtuse leaves that blooms on a 2 to 2.4" [5 to 6 cm] long, 3 to 4 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Lemurangis madagascariensis (Finet) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013; *Macroplectrum madagascariense Finet 1907
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Of Madagacar Prerrier 1939/81; Rudolph Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 16/17/18 945-1128 Brieger 1985 photo ok; An Introduction to the Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009 photo fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide;
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