Angraecum elliotii Rolfe 1891 SECTION Angraecoides Photo by © J C Pernot

Common Name Elliot's Angraecum [English Orchid Collector in Madagascar 1800's]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Madagascar in moss and lichen covered forests at elevations of 1200 meters as a cool growing epiphyte with an elongate stem carrying well spaced, all along the stem, 2 ranked, linear to linear-lanceolate, apically short pointed lobe leaves that blooms on an axillary, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Angraecoides elliotii (Rolfe) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013

References W3 Tropicos Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81; An Introduction to the Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009

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