Angraecum teres Summerh.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Angraecum

Characteristics

A small epiphyte with a very short stem, 0.5–1.5 cm. long, 0.3–0.5 mm. in diameter.. Leaves straight or arcuate, 2–5 in a fan, terete, stiff, linear, apiculate, 4–15 mm. long, 0.1–0.2 mm. in diameter, dull green, articulated to overlapping leaf-bases.. Inflorescences 4–17 cm. long, 2–9-flowered; peduncle wiry, slender, 2.5–8 cm. long; rhachis fractiflex; bracts ovate, acute, 1–1.5 mm. long.. Flowers green with ochre tips to the segments and spur, nocturnally sweetly scented; pedicel and ovary 9–10 mm. long, ovary twisted through 180°.. Dorsal sepal lanceolate, acuminate, 7.5–8 mm. long, 3.5–4 mm. wide; lateral sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 7–7.5 mm. long, 2.5–3 mm. wide.. Petals lanceolate, acuminate, 8–8.5 mm. long, 1.5–2 mm. wide.. Lip obscurely 3-lobed, ovate, obtuse, 5.5 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide.. Spur ascending above the ovary, 2 cm. long.. Column 0.8 mm. long.
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Distribution

Angraecum teres world distribution map, present in Tanzania, United Republic of

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:616452-1
WFO ID wfo-0000980339
COL ID DZYK
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Synonyms

Angraecum teres Boryangraecum teres