Angraecum florulentum Rchb. f. 1885 SECTION Angraecum

Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Jay Pfahl.

Flowers and Plant Photo courtesy of Ben Berliner and Willow Pond Orchids.

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Common Name or Meaning The Easy Blooming Angraecum

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

This small sized, warm to cool growingmonopodial epiphyte is found in moist scrub and tree trunks in the Comoro Islands where it occurs at elevations of 600 to 1000 meters with short, flattened, sinuous, branched stems carrying numerous, distichous, narrowly lanceolate. The 2 to four flowers are borne on a short inflorescence and have a sweet nocturnal smell. This species grows in fairly heavy shade, high humidity and needs hot to warm temperatures.

References W3 Tropicos [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html] , Kew Monocot list [ http://www.kew.org/wcsp/home.do ], IPNI [ http://www.us.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?request_type=search&output_format=query&ret_defaults=on ]; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2004; 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