Angraecopsis tridens (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918

Plant in situ Photos by © Vincent Droissart and The Orchidaceae of Central Africa Website

LATE EARLY

Common Name The Three Toothed Angraecopsis

Flower Size .16" [4 mm]

Found in Guinea, Cameroon and the Gulf of Guinea Islands in montane rainforest at elevations of 1250 to 1500 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with a short, erect stem carrying 2 to 4, 2 ranked, linear to narrowly ligulate, somewhat curved leaves that blooms in the late summer and early fall on a slender, basal, [1.6 to 3.2" [4 to 8 cm] long, few to many flowered inflorescence with small bracts.

Synonyms Angraecopsis occidentalis (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918; Angraecum occidentale (Kraenzl.) Rolfe 1897; *Angraecum tridens Lindl. 1862; Epidorkis tridens (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Listrostachys tridens (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1865; Mystacidium tridens (Lindl.) Rolfe 1897; Saccolabium occidentale Kraenzl. 1893

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Rudolph Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 16/17/18 945-1128 Brieger 1986; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006

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