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[[File:Aerangis_modesta.jpg|thumb|''Aerangis modesta'' (not my photo)]] | |||
'''Common Name:''' The Modest Aerangis<br /> | |||
'''Scented:''' yes<br /> | |||
'''Light Requirements:''' partial shade<br /> | |||
'''Temperature Requirements:''' hot<br /> | |||
'''Blooms:''' spring to early summer<br /> | |||
'''Flower Size:''' 2.5cm<br /> | |||
'''Synonyms:''' ''Aerangis crassipes'' Schlechter 1918 ; ''Aerangis modesta'' O.Ktze. 1914; ''Angorchis modesta'' (Hook. f.) Kuntze 1891; ''*Angraecum modestum'' Hkr. 1883; ''Angraecum sanderianum'' Rchb.f 1888; ''Rhaphidorhynchus modestus'' (Hook. f.) Finet 1907; ''Rhaphidorhynchus modestus var. sanderianus'' (Rchb. f.) Poiss. 1912 | |||
A small-sized, Madagascan and Comoran species that occurs at altitudes of 100m to 1500m as a hot to warm growing epiphyte with 15cm or shorter stems carrying obovate, fleshy-coriaceous, bilobed apically leaves and blooms in the spring to early summer on a to 50cm long, pendant inflorescence with 6 to 15 well spaced, waxy, fragrant, long-lived flowers, often with the apical flower opening first and being the largest. | |||
Latest revision as of 16:11, 11 June 2024
Common Name: The Modest Aerangis
Scented: yes
Light Requirements: partial shade
Temperature Requirements: hot
Blooms: spring to early summer
Flower Size: 2.5cm
Synonyms: Aerangis crassipes Schlechter 1918 ; Aerangis modesta O.Ktze. 1914; Angorchis modesta (Hook. f.) Kuntze 1891; *Angraecum modestum Hkr. 1883; Angraecum sanderianum Rchb.f 1888; Rhaphidorhynchus modestus (Hook. f.) Finet 1907; Rhaphidorhynchus modestus var. sanderianus (Rchb. f.) Poiss. 1912
A small-sized, Madagascan and Comoran species that occurs at altitudes of 100m to 1500m as a hot to warm growing epiphyte with 15cm or shorter stems carrying obovate, fleshy-coriaceous, bilobed apically leaves and blooms in the spring to early summer on a to 50cm long, pendant inflorescence with 6 to 15 well spaced, waxy, fragrant, long-lived flowers, often with the apical flower opening first and being the largest.