Angraecum florulentum Rchb. f. 1885 SECTION Filangis
Photos by Jay Pfahl.
Photo by Ben Berliner and Willow Pond Orchids.
Common Name or Meaning The Easy Blooming Angraecum
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in the Comoros Islands in moist scrub and on tree trunks at elevations of 600 to 1000 metersas a small sized, warm growing, monopodial epiphyte is found with short, flattened, sinuous, branched stems carrying numerous, distichous, narrowly lanceolate leaves that blooms in the spring on a short 2 to four flowered inflorescence and have a sweet nocturnal smell.
This species grows in fairly heavy shade, high humidity and needs warm temperatures.
Synonyms Pseudojumellea florulenta (Rchb.f.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 4 1979 photo fide; Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986 drawing/photo fide; A Culture Manual for Angraecoid Orchid Growers Hillerman 1992 photo fide; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchds Pridgeon 1992; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2004; 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; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #6 2017 photo fide;
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