Angraecum magdalenae Schltr. & H. Perrier 1925 SECTION Humblotiangraecum Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.

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Common Name or Meaning The Madalaine Angraecum [refers to Madelaine Drouhard original collector of species 1900's became wife of Perrier] - The Snow-White Angraecum

Flower Size 3 to 4" [7.5 to 10 cm] Spur 4" [10 cm]

A medium sized, lithophytic monopodial species found in Central Madagascar in areas with a distinct cool, dry season through the winter on or near quartzite boulders in leaf litter around 800 to 2000 meters in altitude with a short, 6 to 8, distichous, fleshy-coriaceous, oblong-ligulate, unequally bilobed apically leaf bracteate, 3/4" to 1 1/4" [2 to 3 cm] long inflorescence with yellow, rigid, trianghular floral bracts that arises from below the first leaf and can have from 1 to 5 fleshy, large, white flowers occuring in the spring through fall.

Synonyms Angraecum magdalenae var. latiilabellum Bosser 1965

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2004; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb, Laurent 1992; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchds Pridgeon 1992; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Flora Of Madagascar Perrier 1981; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006