Angraecum giryamae Rendle 1895 SECTION Angraecum

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Common Name The Giryama Angraecum [Tribe In northeasern Kenya]

Flower Size 4" [10 cm]

Said to be a subspecies of Angraecum eburneumA, I will separate it for now. Differs by having 20 to 30 flowers with the lip slightly wider than long, obscurely 3-lobed in the upper part and has a spur that is less than 2.4" [6 cm] long and occurs only in Kenya and Tanzania often on coral near the sea and as an epiphyte further inland.

"Charaterised by the long strap-shaped leaves up to 24" [60 cm] in length and 2.8" [7 cm] wide, and tall many-flowered inflorescences as much as 32 [80 cm] long. The tepals are 1.2 to 1.6" [3 to 4 cm] long, the labellum very broad and apiculate at the apex, while the comparatively slender spur is about 1.6 to 2.4" [4 to 6 cm] in length. The species is clearly allied to the Madagascan A. eburneum (the type species of Angraecum) and A. superbum." Summerhayes 1958

Synonyms Angraecum eburneum subsp giryama [Rendle] Cribb & Senghas

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Kew Bull. 13: 277 Summerhayes 1958

AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 8 1957 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 10 1963 photo;

Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Angraecum eburneum var giryamae;

AOS Bulletin Vol 37 No 10 1968 photo fide;

Orchids of East Africa Piers 1968 photo good;

Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb, Laurent 1982 as Angraecum eburneum var giryamae;

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1982 as Angraecum eburneum ssp giryamae;

Rudolph Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 16/17/18 945-1128 Brieger 1985 as A eburneum var giryame drawing pollina only/photo fide;

Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986 as A eburneum var giryame;

Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 3 Cribb 1989 as Angraecum eburneum var giryamae;

Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995 as Angraecum eburneum ssp giryamae;

Orchids of Kenya Stewart 1996 as Angraecum eburneum ssp giryamae photo fide;

African Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997 as A eburneum var giryamae;

Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005 as Angraecum eburneum ssp giryamae;

Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006 as Angraecum eburneum ssp giryamae

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