Angraecum panicifolium H. Perrier 1938 SECTION Pectinaria Schlechter

Photo courtesy of Olaf Pronk and Laurette E.U.R.L. orchids of Madagascar

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Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]

Found in Madagascar on tree trunks in mossy, lichen rich forests at elevations around 1000 to 1200 meters as a miniature to just small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a pendant, thin stem carrying towards the apex, 5 to 6, well spaced, thinly linear, narrow, subacute leaves that blooms in the summer on an axillary, very short, single flowered inflorescence holding the small, glabrous flower close to the leaf axils.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81; Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; 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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