Angraecum pseudofilicornu H. Perrier 1938 SECTION Arachnangraecum
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Common Name or Meaning The False Threaded Spur Angraecum
Flower Size 2" x 5" [5 X 12.5 cm]
Found in northern Madagascar in humid, moss forests at elevations of 960 to 1800 meters as a medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with fine roots and a robust, elongate stem carrying terete, dorsally grooved leaves that blooms in the spring on a 1.6 to 2" [4 to 5 cm] long, few [2 to 4] flowered, racemose inflorescence with fragrant, long-lasting flowers.
Similar to Angraecum scottianum but smaller in most all respects.
Synonyms Arachnangraecum pseudofilicornu (H.Perrier) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81;Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Miniature Orchids Northern 1988; A Culture Manual for Angraecoid Orchid Growers Hillerman 1992 photo fide; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, DU Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007 photo fide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009 photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide;
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