Aerangis verdickii (De Wildeman) Schltr.

in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36: 121 (1918).

Synonymes

Aerangis erythrurum (Kraenzl.) Garay in Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harv. Univ. 23: 157 (1972).

Aerangis erythurua (Kraenzl.) Garay in Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ., 23 (4): 157 (1972).

Aerangis rusituensis Fibeck & Dare in S. African Orchid J. 28: 73 (1997).

Aerangis schliebenii Mansf. in Gartenfl. 86: 41 (1937).

Angraecum augustum Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 16: 246 (1908).

Angraecum erythrurum Kraenzl. in Viert. Nat. Ges. Zurich. 74: 109 (1929).

Angraecum verdickii De Wildeman in Viert. Nat. Ges. Zurich. 74: 109 (1929). (basionyme)

Répartition

Afrique du Sud, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzanie, Zaire, Zambie, Zimbabwe.

Afrique du Sud : Northern Transvaal.

Floraison : JFMAM_____ND. Altitude de 100 à 2600 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte. Taille de 0 à 6 cm. Feuilles de 3 à 5, de 80-130 × 25-37 mm, oblongues. Fleurs de 0 à 16, blanches. Eperon de 170 à 190 mm, . Sépale dorsal ovale, de 18-19 × 6-7 mm.

Bibliographie

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