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[[File:Aerangis_luteo-alba_var._rhodosticta.jpg|thumb|''Aerangis luteo-alba var. rhodosticta'' (not my photo)]]

'''Common Name:''' The Beige Aerangis with Red Spots<br />
'''Scented:''' yes<br />
'''Light Requirements:''' partial shade<br />
'''Temperature Requirements:''' intermediate<br />
'''Blooms:''' winter and spring<br />
'''Flower Size:''' 2.5cm to 3.1cm<br />
'''Synonyms:''' ''Aerangis albido-rubra'' [DeWild]Schlecter 1918; ''Aerangis rhodistica'' [Krzl]Schlechter 1918; ''Angorchis rhodosticta'' (Kraenzl.) Kuntze 1903; ''Angraecum albidorubrum'' De Wild. 1916; ''Angraecum luteo-album'' Kraenzl. 1895; ''Angraecum mirabilis'' Hort. ?; ''*Angraecum rhodisticum'' Kraenzel 1899; ''Rhaphidorhynchus luteo-albus'' (Kraenzl.) Finet 1907

This miniature to just small sized, epiphytic species is found in the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in riverine forests on small twigs and branches of bushes and trees, rarely on trunks at elevations of 1250m to 2200m and appreciates a humid environment. Aerangis leuto-alba has flattened roots, a very short stem carrying several spreading, more or less distichous, linear, curved, fleshy, unequally bilobed apically leaf that are all set in the same plane leaves and can be mounted on cork or tree fern. They can bloom in the winter or spring and they have fragrant flowers in two flat rows, on a axillary, to 40cm long, fractiflex, arching or pendulous inflorescence with small floral bracts. In the summer the plant is in full growth and they need high humidity and plenty of water and fertilizer until mid autumn when it should be reduced, but not to the point of being dry.