Angraecum filicornu Thouars 1822 SECTION Pseudojumellea

Photo by Ben Berliner and Willow Pond Orchids.

Common Name or Meaning The Angraecum with a Thread-Like Spur

Flower Size 2/3" [2cm]

Found in eastern Madagascar in rainforests at elevations of sea level to 900 meters as a miniature to small sized, hot to warm growing epiphytic species is with slightly flattened stems carrying several, 2 ranked, thin and grass-like, linear leaves that blooms at most any time of the year on an axillary, short, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Aeranthes thouarsii S.Moore 1877; Aerobion filicornu (Thouars) Spreng. 1826; Pseudojumellea filicornu (Thouars) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822 drawing fide; Flora Of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 drawing good; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 #4 1980 photo fide; Rudolph Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 16/17/18 945-1128 Brieger, Senghas 1985; An Introduction to the Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Miniature Orchids Northern 1988; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #9 2014 photo fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 drawing fide; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide;

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