Angraecum distichum Lindl. 1836 Section Dolabrifolia [Pfitzer] Garay
Plant and Flowers Photos by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website
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Common Name or Meaning The 2-Rowed Angraecum refers to the ranking of the leaves opposite each other
Flower Size 1/4" [.6 cm]
Found in Central Africa, specifically Gabon and Cameroon on large trees in rain forests as a miniature t osmall sized, hot and humid growing, Lockhartia-like epiphyte from elevations of 200 [1400] to 1600 meters with leafy stems that form large clumps and carrying distichous, falcately oblong-elliptic, bilaterally compressed leaves that blooms on a very short, axillary, solitary flowered inflorescence with a long-lived, small, fragrant flower occuring at any time of the year on new leaves and most often more than one. Cuttings can be made of side branches as they will root out quickly if potted in a standard bark mix with high humidity and fairly heavy shade.
Synonyms Aeranthes distichus (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1864; Angraecum imbricatum (Sw.) Schltr. 1918; Angraecum poppendickianum Szlach. & Olszewski 2001; Dolabrifolia disticha (Lindl.) Szlach. & Romowicz 2007; Dolabrifolia poppendickiana (Szlach. & Olszewski) Szlach. & Romowicz 2007; Epidorchis disticha (Lindl.] Kuntze 1891; Limodorum imbricatum Sw. 1805; Macroplectrum distichum (Lindl.) Finet 1907; Mystacidium distichum (Lindl.) Benth. 1881
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Miniature Orchids Northern 1988; Simon & Schuster's Guide to Orchids Fanfani & Rossi 1988 ; African Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb, Laurent 1992; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchds Pridgeon 1992; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005; Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006
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