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Angraecum ankeranense

Angraecum ankeranense - Photo courtesy of Olaf Pronk

Angraecum ankeranense
Kingdom	Plantae
Division	Magnoliophyta
Class	Liliopsida
Order	Asparagales
Family	Orchidaceae
Subfamily	Vandoïdeae Endlicher
Tribe	Vandaeae Lindley
Subtribe	Angraecinae Summerhayes
Alliance	Angraecum
Genus	Angraecum
Genus Abreviation	Angcm
Common Name
Section	Perrierangraecum
Species	Angraecum ankeranense
Authority	H. Perrier
Source	Notul. Syst. (Paris) 7: 115 (1938)
Synonyms
Etymology	The Ankeramadinika Angraecum [An area of Central Madagascar
Distribution	Madagascar
Range
Habitat	Moss forests
Altitude	~ 1300 m
Life Form	Epiphytic cham.
Flowers
Flowering time	Late winter
Fragrance

Miniature to small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with a stem carrying 5 to 6, thick and leathery, equally bilobed apically leaves and blooms in the late winter on an axillary, short, single flowered inflorescence [carries a second flower that is always aborted]

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References

Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986

Encyclopedia Creole Sega Birds Maps Orchids Angraecum Leica Alpa Kilfitt Cadelec