Angraecum multiflorum Thouars 1822 SECTION Gomphocentrum [Bentham] Garay Drawing by © Thouars and Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria

Part Shade Warm Cool LATERSpring THROUGH Summer

Common Name The Many Flowered Angraecum

Flower Size

Found in Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion and Seychelles in humid evergreen forests at elevations of 1200 to 1500 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the later spring through summer on several axillary, shorter than the leaves inflorescence

Synonyms Aerobion multiflorum (Thouars) Spreng. 1826; Angraecum caulescens var. multiflorum (Thouars) S.Moore 1877; Epidorchis multiflora (Thouars) Kuntze 1891; Monixus multiflorus (Thouars) Finet 1907; Mystacidium caulescens var. multiflorum (Thouars) T.Durand & Schinz 1894; Mystacidium multiflorum (Thouars) Cordem. 1899

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822 drawing hmm; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006 photo fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007;

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