Aerangis hologlottis Schltr.

Stem short and stout, woody, up to 3 cm. long, 5 mm. in diameter, covered with closely overlapping old leaf-bases, bearing numerous greyish roots 1–2 mm. in diameter.. Leaves 2–6, closely overlapping on the stem, linear or narrowly oblong-ligulate, 5–9 cm. long, 7–18 mm. wide, attenuated below, often falcate, bilobed at the apex, the lobes unequal or subequal, acute, 2–7 mm. long, somewhat fleshy, dark green, margins entire.. Inflorescences 1–several racemes, arising below the leaves, erect or spreading, up to 18 cm. long, bearing 6–15 flowers; peduncle terete, up to 5 cm. long, 1 mm. in diameter, bearing 4–5 tight sheaths; rhachis straight; bracts broadly triangular-ovate, up to 2 mm. long.. Flowers 5–8 mm. apart, white with the pedicel and spur pale greenish; pedicel with ovary 5–7 mm. long; perianth-parts all spreading.. Dorsal sepal narrowly elliptic, apiculate, 6–7 mm. long, 1.5–3 mm. wide; lateral sepals similar, but narrower, 5.5–6.5 mm. long, 1.3–2 mm. wide.. Petals narrowly obovate-elliptic, apiculate, 5–6 mm. long, 2–4 mm. wide.. Lip obovate, apiculate, 5–6 mm. long, 2.5–3 mm. wide.. Spur straight, slender, 3.5–7 mm. long, 0.5 mm. wide.. Column short and stout, 1 mm. high; androclinium transversely oblong; rostellum straight; pollinia globose; stipes slender; viscidium narrowly elliptic.