Angraecum stolzii Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Angraecum

Characteristics

An erect or pendent epiphyte 2.5–40 cm. long.. Roots 0.5–1.2 mm. in diameter.. Leaves 2-ranked, all along the stem, linear, falcate, unequally acutely bilobed at the apex, 4.5–6.2 cm. long, 4–9 mm. wide, twisted at the base to lie in one plane, grass-green.. Inflorescences 1–4 per node, 2–3 cm. long, 1-flowered; peduncle 9–17 mm. long; bracts ovate, acute or apiculate, 1.5–2 mm. long.. Flowers cream or yellow-green turning orange with age; pedicel and ovary twisted, 4 mm. long.. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 7.2–9 mm. long, 1.6–3 mm. wide.. Petals lanceolate, acuminate, 7–9 mm. long, 1.2–1.6 mm. wide.. Lip ovate, acuminate and recurved at the tip, 5–7.5 mm. long, 2.7–5 mm. wide.. Spur slighdy sigmoid, filiform, 5.5–9 mm. long.. Column 1.5–1.7 mm. long.. Fruits 1.6–1.8 mm. long.. Fig. 115.
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Inflorescences 1-flowered, borne opposite the leaf axils, arising from the same place in successive years and often forming a short, woody spur. Peduncle 5–17 mm long, filiform; pedicel and ovary twisted, 6–7 mm long; bracts 1–2 mm long.
Leaves distichous, dark green, 4.5–9 cm × 4–9 mm, linear to ligulate, sometimes falcate, acutely and very unequally 2-lobed at apex, one lobe often ± absent, the other to 15 mm long.
Pendent epiphytic herb; stem up to 40 cm long, leafy towards the apex, woody below this; roots many, c. 2 mm in diameter.
Lip boat-shaped, 5–8 × 3–5 mm, including a 2 mm long acumen; spur 8–9 mm long, slender but slightly swollen at the tip.
Sepals 6.5–9 × 1.5–3 mm, lanceolate, acute; petals similar but slightly smaller.
Flowers orange-straw coloured, 17–20 mm in diameter.
Column 1–1.7 mm long.
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Distribution

Angraecum stolzii world distribution map, present in Tanzania, United Republic of and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:616432-1
WFO ID wfo-0000980134
COL ID DZY8
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Synonyms

Angraecum stolzii Angraecoides stolzii