Angraecum madagascariense (Finet) Schltr.1918 SECTION Lemurangis

Plant Photos by © Dominique Karadjoff

Common Name The Madagascar Angraecum

Flower Size very small

Found in central and eastern Madagascar in high plateau wet forests at elevations of 600 to 1500 meters as a mini-miniature, hot to warm growing epiphyte with pendant to curved downwards, short stems with short, oval, close set, amplexicaul, obtuse leaves that blooms on a 2 to 2.4" [5 to 6 cm] long,3 to 4 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms *Macroplectrum madagascariense Finet 1907

References W3 Tropicos Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas # 48-49 Vandeae 1986 photo ok; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo fide

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