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Aerangis pachyura

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Identification
Angraecum pachyurum Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Aerangis pachyura (Rolfe) Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Stewart, J., Angraecum bilobum Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Angraecum saundersiae Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Aerangis mystacidioides
  • Angraecum unrecorded
  • Angraecum pachyurum
  • Aerangis pachyura
  • Angraecum saundersiae
  • Angraecum bilobum
  • Aerangis mystacidii

Flora

Entry for Aerangis appendiculata De Wild. Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 2, (1998) Author: I. la Croix & P.J. Cribb
Names
Aerangis appendiculata De Wild. Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, abt. 2: 114 (1918). —Stewart in Kew Bull. 34: 293 (1979). —la Croix et al., Malawi Orch. 1: 16 (1983). —Stewart in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 562 (1989). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 246 (1991). Type: Mozambique, Zambézia Distr., Morrumbala, Luja 466 (BR, holotype).
Mystacidium appendiculatum De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Pl. Nov. Herb. Horti. Then. 1: 85–86 (1904); in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 164 (1906). Type as above.
Aerangis pachyura [family ORCHIDACEAE], sensu Morris, Epiphyt. Orch. Malawi: 99 (1970), non Schltr.
Aerangis sp. [family ORCHIDACEAE], (Williamson 2050), of Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 194 (1977).
Information
Epiphytic herb, occasionally lithophytic; stem short; roots numerous, 2–5 mm in diameter, radiating across the bark of the host tree.Leaves 2–4, up to 8 × 3 cm, obovate, unequally 2-lobed at the apex with acute lobes; the lamina dark green with a conspicuous reticulate venation, slightly fleshy.Inflorescences pendent, 8–14 cm long, 1–10-flowered.Peduncle short, with 1 or 2 sheaths; rhachis slightly zigzag.Pedicel and ovary 11–14 mm long; bracts loose, 3–5 mm long, ovate, obtuse.Flowers white, the pedicel and spur sometimes tinged with pink.Dorsal sepal erect or arching over column, 5–8 × 2–4 mm, elliptic or obovate, obtuse; lateral sepals similar but slightly narrower, reflexed or spreading.Petals similar to sepals.Lip (4.5)7–8 × 2.8–4.5 mm; spur slender, 4–6 cm long.Column 1.5–2 mm long; rostellum very elongated, at first directed towards mouth of spur but porrect when the viscidium is removed.Capsules c. 15 × 6 mm, ellipsoid.
Habitat
Evergreen forest and high-rainfall Brachystegia woodland, or in thicket, usually a low-level epiphyte on trunks but occasionally lithophytic
Altitude range
1150–1850 m.
1850
1150
Distribution
Zambia W Ndola, fl. 30.i.1964, Morze 113 (sp. K29889 in K).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Distr., Cashel, fl. i.1959, Drewe 18/1958–59 (SRGH).Malawi N Mzimba Distr., Mtangatanga Forest Reserve, 16 km east of Mzimba, fl. xii.1971, G. Williamson 2106 (K; SRGH).Mozambique Z Morrumbala, fl. xii.1900, Luja 466 (BR).Zambia C Mkushi Distr., Mkushi River Hotel, fl. ii.1972, G. Williamson 2121 (K; SRGH).Malawi C Dedza Mt., fl. 3.i.1967, Salubeni 477 (K; MAL; SRGH).Malawi S Blantyre Distr., Mpingwe Hill, Limbe, c. 1200 m, fl. 4.xii.1982, la Croix 376 (K).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania

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