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Angraecum germinyanum

Angraecum germinyanum - Photo courtesy Elisabeth Kerschbaum

Angraecum bicallosum
Kingdom	Plantae
Division	Magnoliophyta
Class	Liliopsida
Order	Asparagales
Family	Orchidaceae
Subfamily	Vandoïdeae Endlicher
Tribe	Vandaeae Lindley
Subtribe	Angraecinae Summerh.
Alliance	Angraecum
Genus	Angraecum
Genus Abreviation	Angcm
Common Name
Section	Arachnangraecum Schltr.
Species	Angraecum germinyanum
Authority	Hort.Sand. ex Hook.f.
Source	Bot. Mag. (1889) t. 7061
Synonyms	Angraecum arachnites Schltr. Angraecum bathiei Schltr.. Angraecum bathiei ssp. peracuminatum H.Perrier Angraecum conchoglossumSchltr. Angraecum ramosum auct. non Thouars, H.Perrier Angraecum ramosum ssp. bidentatum H.Perrier Angraecum ramosum ssp. typicum H.Perrier Angraecum ramosum ssp. typicum var. arachnites (Schltr.) H.Perrier Angraecum ramosum ssp. typicum var. bathiei Angraecum ramosum ssp. typicum var. conchoglossum (Schltr.) H.Perrier Angraecum ramosum ssp. typicum var. peracuminatum H.Perrier Mystacidium germinyanum (Hook.f.) Rolfe
Etymology	Germiny's Angraecum
Distribution	Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Comoros, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Angola
Altitude	1000-2000 m.
Life Form	Epiphytic chamaephyte
Biotope	Humid high forests
Flowers	7-9 cm
Flowering time	April-May (Europe)
Fragrance	Sweet scent at night and in the morning.

Found in Madagascar as a cool to cold growing, monopodial epiphyte with an elongated stem to 1 m (3 ft) carrying distichous, oblong, bright glossy green leaves that are obtusely bilobed that blooms with a wiry, 2 cm (3/4") long, single flowered inflorescence that carries a solitary, fragrant, long-lasting, non-resupinate, waxy flower occuring in the spring and summer.

Culture

Medium to strong light.

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Angraecum germinyanum
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References

The Angraecum germinyanum complex.
Nomenclatural confusion resolved,
by Johan Hermans & Phillip Cribb
The Orchid Review Vol. 113 Nr.1262 March-April 2005

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchds Pridgeon 1992;

Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995;

Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1964 as Angraecum ramosum;

Miniature Orchids Northern 1988;

Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986;

Encyclopedia Creole Sega Birds Maps Orchids Angraecum Leica Alpa Kilfitt Cadelec