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| Angraecum cucullatum - Photo courtesy
S. Prouteau |
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| Angraecum cucullatum - Photo courtesy
Andy's
Orchids © 2001 |
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Angraecum cucullatum with fruit
Photo courtesy Rogier
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Angraecum cucullatum |
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Kingdom
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Plantae
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Division
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Magnoliophyta
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Class
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Liliopsida
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Order
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Asparagales
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Family
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Orchidaceae
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Subfamily
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Epidendroideae
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Tribe
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Vandaeae
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Subtribe
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Angraecinae
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Angraecum
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Genus
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Angraecum
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Genus Abreviation
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Angcm
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Common Name
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The Cowl-Carrying Angraecum
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Species
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Angraecum cucullatum
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Authority
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Thouars
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Source
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Thouars, Hist.Orchid.: 48 (1822)
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Synonyms
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Angraecum cuculatum
Aerobion cucullatum (Thou.)
Spreng. 1826
Angorchis cucullangis Thou. ex Kuntze
1894
Angorchis cucullata (Thou.) Kuntze 1891
Angorchis fragrangis Thou. ex Kuntze 1894
Macroplectrum cucullatum (Thou. Finet
1907
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Etymology
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Distribution
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Reunion,
Mauritius
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Altitude
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500 - 1000 m
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Life Form
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Epiphytic chamaephyte
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Flowers
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22 mm
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Flowering time
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Dec. Jan.
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Fragrance
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This species seems common in humid forests of middle elevation. It can
be found often on Nuxia verticillata, Calophyllum tacamahaca (Tamanu)
, Psyloxyion mauritianum. Often numerous plants on the same tree or
branch are distant from each other only by a few centimeters. Young
plants can bloom and one can find small plants of a few centimeters
in diameter with a single flower. Flowering is spectacular due to the
number of plants that can each have 3 or 4 white flowers on the same
branch. This species grows on trunks and up to the highest and smallest
branches. (A. Jubault)
Observations
On Mauritius in
Les Mares Nature Reserve
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