Aerangis citrata [Thou]Schlechter 1914 Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl
Flower closeup Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.
Photo courtesy of David Jubineau and His Bulbophyllum Pages Copyright ©
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Common Name or Meaning The Lemon-scented Aerangis
Flower Size 3/4" to 1" [2 to 3cm]
This epiphytic, miniature plant [less than 4" total] from Madagascar appreciates shade and is an cool to hot grower with fine roots, a short stem carrying to 9, elliptic, dark green, thin textured leaves that are unequally bilobed apically which blooms in the spring, summer and fall on a 16" long [40cm], pendant inflorescence with 12 to 30, fragrant [lemon], waxy, small flowers all held in the same plane. This miniature orchid is found among mosses in humid evergreen forests on small branches and trunks of small trees at elevations of sealevel to 1500 meters.
Synonyms Aerobion citratum Sprgl. 1826; Angorchis citrata O. Ktze. 1891; *Angraecum citratum Thou 1822; Rhaphidorhynchus citratus Finet 1907
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; An Introduction to the Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Miniature Orchids Northern 1988; Flora's Orchids Nash and La Croix 2005; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchds Pridgeon 1992; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1981; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; Miniature Orchids Frownie 2007
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