Angraecum calceolus Thouars

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Angraecum

Characteristics

Leaves up to 16, 17–22 × 1.5–2.5 cm, ligulate, narrowing to a petiole-like base, and very unequally 2-lobed at the apex with one lobe almost absent, the other c. 6 mm long and obtuse.
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Lip c. 7 × 3 mm, including an acumen 2 mm long, very concave, ovate, acuminate; spur 12 mm long, slender, slightly swollen near apex, often ascending.
Dorsal sepal 7–8 × 2–4 mm, ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate; lateral sepals c. 8 × 1.5 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, rather oblique.
Inflorescences 15–24 cm long, up to 5-branched, each branch several-flowered.
Erect epiphytic herb with a woody stem to c. 9 cm long.
Young leaf sheaths sometimes with dark spots.
Petals 6 × 1.5–3 mm, lanceolate, acuminate.
Flowers pale yellow-green, thin-textured.
Roots numerous, c. 1.5 mm in diameter.
Pedicel and ovary 5–6 mm long.
Bracts c. 2 mm long.
Column very short.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

Flower

Angraecum calceolus flower picture by Julio Quadros (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Angraecum calceolus world distribution map, present in Comoros, Madagascar, Mozambique, Mauritius, Réunion, and Seychelles

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:616001-1
WFO ID wfo-0000975643
COL ID DZS3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 705823
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Synonyms

Macroplectrum calceolus Aerobion calceolus Angraecum anocentrum Angraecum calceolus Angraecum guillauminii Angraecum laggiarae Aeranthes calceola Epidorkis calceolus Epidorkis carpophora Angraecum carpophorum Angraecum rhopaloceras Aeranthus calceolus Mystacidium calceolus Mystacidium carpophorum Gomphocentrum calceolus Gomphocentrum guillauminii Gomphocentrum laggiarae