Angraecopsis Kraenzl.

Genus

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae

Characteristics

Small epiphytes or rarely lithophytes with short or very short monopodial stems. Roots long, flexuous, terete or flattened, simple or branching. Leaves distichous, ligulate to oblanceolate, often falcate, unequally bilobed at the apex, sometimes twisted at the base and articulated to imbricate sheathing bases. Inflorescences axillary, 1–several, racemose, few–many-flowered; peduncle wiry, often longer than the rhachis; bracts small. Flowers small, white, pale green or yellow-green. Dorsal and lateral sepals similar or dissimilar; lateral sepals often oblanceolate and produced at one side at the base. Petals often adnate at the base to the lateral sepals and obliquely triangular. Lip 3-lobed or rarely entire, ecallose, spurred at the base; spur sometimes inflated at the apex. Column fleshy, short; rostellum short or rarely elongate, 3-lobed; pollinia 2, globose; stipites 2, linear or rarely oblanceolate; viscidia 2 or rarely 1, elongate.
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Lateral sepals often oblanceolate and asymmetric at the base, usually longer than the dorsal sepal.
Leaves distichous, ligulate to oblanceolate, often falcate, unequally 2-lobed at the apex.
Column short; rostellum 3-lobed or bifid; pollinia 2, stipites 2; viscidia 2, rarely 1.
Petals usually smaller, triangular, often adnate to lateral sepals at the base.
Flowers small, white, green or yellow, with a relatively long pedicel.
Inflorescences axillary, racemose, few-to many-flowered.
Lip entire or 3-lobed, ecallose, spurred.
Bracts small, sheathing at the base.
Small, epiphytic, monopodial herbs.
Life form perennial
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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