Angraecum vesiculiferum Schltr. 1925 SECTION Boryangraecum

Plant and Inflorescence Photos courtesy of Dominique Karadjoff and his Madagascar Orchids Species Website

Common Name or Meaning The Blistered Angraecum [refers to the swollen vesiculate spur]

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in central Madagascar on the eastern slopes of Mt Tsiafajavona at elevations around 2000 meters on twigs in mossy forests as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with no stem and 3 to 5, lanceolate-ligulate, obliquely acuminate apically, tapering towards the base leaves that blooms in the spring on an axillary, shorter than the leaves, 2 to 4 flowered inflorescence with oval, apiculate, very short floral bracts.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/1981; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2007; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009

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