Angraecum filicornu Thouars 1822 SECTION Filangis Garay Photo courtesy of Ben Berliner and Willow Pond Orchids.

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Common Name or Meaning The Angraecum with a Thread-Like Spur

Flower Size 2/3" [2cm]

This miniature to small sized, hot to warm growing epiphytic species is found in Eastern Madagascar in rainforests at elevations of 800 to 900 meters with slightly flattened stems carrying several, 2 ranked, thin and grass-like, linear leaves that blooms in the spring through fall on an axillary, short, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Aeranthes thouarsii S.Moore 1877; Aerobion filicornu (Thouars) Spreng. 1826

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822 drawing fide; Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Miniature Orchids Northern 1988; Flora Of Madagascar Perrier 1981; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo fide

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