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Common Name: The Glossy Aerangis
Scented: no
Light Requirements: partial shade
Temperature Requirements: intermediate to hot
Blooms: winter
Flower Size: 1cm to 1.85cm
Synonyms: Aerangis pumilio Schltr. 1918; Angorchis hyaloides (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; *Angraecum hyaloides Rchb. f. 1880
Found in Madagascar in shady locales in moss forests at elevations of sea-level to 1000m as a miniature hot to warm growing epiphyte with a very short stem carrying 2 to 8 closely set, elliptic, unequally bilobed apically, coriaceous, dark glossy green leaves with somewhat erect, racemose, 5cm to 7cm long, inflorescence carrying from 6 to 20 glistening white flowers occurring in the winter.