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Angraecum distichum |
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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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Vandoïdeae Endlicher
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Tribe
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Vandaeae
Lindley
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Subtribe
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Angraecinae
Summerhayes
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Alliance
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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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Guava baby (E)
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Section
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Dolabrifolia
[Pfitzer] Garay.
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Species
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Angraecum distichum
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Authority
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Lindley
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Source
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- Lindl. in
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Synonyms
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- Aeranthes distichus (Lindl.)
Rchb.f. 1864;
- Angraecum imbricatum (Sw.) Schltr.
1918;
- Angraecum poppendickianum Szlach. & Olszewski 2001;
- Epidorchis disticha (Lindl.]
Kuntze 1891;
- Limodorum imbricatum Sw. 1805;
- Macroplectrum distichum (Lindl.)
Finet 1907;
- Mystacidium distichum (Lindl.)
Benth. 1881
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Etymology
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The 2-Rowed Angraecum: refers to the ranking of the leaves opposite
each other.
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Distribution
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Central Africa, specifically Gabon and Cameroon
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Range
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Altitude
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200-1600 m
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Habitat
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Montane and submontane evergreen forest, occasionally in riverine
forest and high-rainfall Brachystegia woodland
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Life Form
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Epiphytic
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Flowers
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4-8 mm
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Flowering time
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Fragrance
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Description
Found in as a hot and humid growing, small Lockhartia-like epiphyte
from elevations of 200 to 1600 meters with leafy stems that form large
clumps and carrying distichous, falcately oblong-elliptic, bilaterally
compressed leaves that blooms on a very short, axillary, solitary flowered
inflorescence with a long-lived, small, fragrant flower occuring at
any time of the year on new leaves and most often more than one. Cuttings
can be made of side branches as they will root out quickly if potted
in a standard bark mix with high humidity and fairly heavy shade.
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Note
Similar in many ways to Angraecum
gabonense
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Angraecum distichum
Photo courtesy © Bart Wursten
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| Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt |
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