Angraecum popowii Braem 1991 SECTION Arachnangraecum
Photo by © Fred Henze and his Creative Designs website
Plant and Flower Photos by Gilles Grunenwald and Flickr Orchid Photo Website
Common Name Popow's Angraecum [German Orchidist and Nurseryman Current]
Flower Size 2.4" [6 cm]
Found in central east Madagascar in shady, humid, highland forests at elevations around 1200 to 1650 meters as a mini-miniature to miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with a pendant stem carrying 4 to 6,semi-terete, channeled leaves that blooms in the spring on an axillary, 2" [5 cm] long, including the 1" [2.5 cm] long ovary, single flowered inflorescence
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Schlechteriana Vol 2 No 4 1991 drawing/photo fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007 photo fide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo fide; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide;
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