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Angraecum filicornoides

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Identification
Angraecum filicornoides De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Jumellea filicornoides (De Wild.) Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Jumellea filicornoides
  • Angraecum filicornoides

Flora

Entry for Jumellea filicornoides 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
Jumellea filicornoides De Wild. Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, abt. 2: 152 (1918). —Morris, Epiphyt. Orch. Malawi: 81 (1970). —Harrison, Epiphyt. Orch. South. Africa: 77 (1972). —Ball, South. African Epiphyt. Orch.: 116 (1978). —Stewart et al., Wild Orch. South. Africa: 260 (1982). —Wood in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 507 (1989). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 243 (1991). —Stewart, Orch. Kenya: 47 (1996). TAB. 127. Type: Mozambique, Luja s.n. (BR, holotype).
Angraecum filicornoides De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Pl. Nov. Herb. Horti. Then. 1: t. 21, fig. 1–14 (1904).
Mystacidium walleri Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 172 (1897). Type: Mozambique, Morrumbala (Moramballa) Mt., 1864, Waller s.n. (K, holotype).
Information
Epiphytic or lithophytic herbs, forming large clumps.Stems woody, usually erect, 20–30(40) cm long, leafy towards the apex, the lower part covered with old leaf bases.Roots 3–4 mm in diameter.Leaves 6–16, distichous, held at an angle of c. 45° to the main stem, 4–11 × 1–1.3 cm, ligulate, slightly folded, obtusely 2-lobed at apex, thick and coriaceous, dark green.Inflorescences single-flowered; flowers c. 5 cm in diameter, glistening white, turning apricot-coloured as they fade, with a strong, sweet, violet-like scent.Pedicel and ovary c. 4 cm long, often S-shaped.Sepals 13–22 × 3–4 mm, lanceolate; dorsal sepal erect or recurved; lateral sepals deflexed.Petals 12–20 × 2–3 mm, narrowly lanceolate.Lip 16–25 × 5–7 mm, rhombic from a narrow base, somewhat folded, carinate towards the base; spur 2–3 cm long, filiform, bent at the base.Column 2 mm long with 2 stelidia 1 mm long.
Habitat
Riverine forest and high rainfall woodland, epiphytic or occasionally on rocks
Altitude range
350–1700 m.
1700
350
Distribution
Zimbabwe C Shurugwi (Selukwe), on road to golf course, st. 13.vii.1969, Coventry in GHS 195255 (SRGH).Malawi S Blantyre Distr., Soche Hill, 1500 m, fl. 26.xii.1964, Morris 85 (K).Mozambique Z Morrumbala, fl. 1864, Waller s.n. (K).Zimbabwe E Nyanga Distr., near Pungwe R. Bridge, 760 m, fl. 7.iii.1966, Chase 8395 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe S Masvingo Distr., c. 13 km SE of Great Zimbabwe, on top of escarpment, st. 18.xii.1970, Müller & Pope 1719 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Kenya
Tanzania
South Africa

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