Angraecum protensum Schltr. 1925 SECTION Angraecum

Photo by Olaf Pronk and Laurette E.U.R.L. orchids of Madagascar

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Common Name The Extended Angraecum [possibly refers to the reed-like stem of the plant]

Flower Size 1 2/5" to 2 3/4" [6 to 7 cm]

Found in east central Madagascar at elevations around 1550 to 2000 meters as a small sized, cool growing lithophyte or occasional semiterrestrial amongst rocks with a stiff, reed-like stem enveloped by dry leaf sheaths and holding the light green, slightly unequally bilobed leaves with a prominent midrib all held in a fan shape that blooms in the late spring and summer on an axillary, 6.4" to 8" [16 to 20 cm] long, single to two flowered inflorescence carrying long-lasting, fragrant flowers

Synonyms Perrierangraecum protensum (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013