Angraecum coutrixii Bosser 1970 SECTION Pseudojummellea
Photos by © The Epharmacognosy Blog
TYPE Drawing © by Jean Bosser
Common Name Coutrix's Angraecum
Flower Size 1.28 to 1.2[3.2 to 3.6 cm]
Found in south central Madagascar at elevations around 1400 to 1650 meters as a miniature to small sized, cool growing epiphyte with stiff, erect, often basally branching stems in a dense tuft and carrying 2 ranked, erect to spreading, oblong to linear-oblong, slightly furrowed on the upper surface leaves that blooms in the summer on a longer than the leaves, .8 to 1.6" [2 to 4 cm] long, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence with concave, ovate, apiculate, shorter than the ovary floral bracts.
CAUTION!! The species photo above is absolutely correct. Compare it to the type drawing by Bosser which I have provided, they are exactly the same. All other photos on the net are different including the one provided by the American Orchid Society in their SITIF Blog, but the lip may be variable. The type photo provided by Bosser also shows the lip with a flatter channel. More research needs to be done here.
Synonyms Pseudojumellea coutrixii (Bosser) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; An Introduction to the Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 drawing fide/photo ok;
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