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Angraecoids and related species from Africa, Madagascar and Comoro Islands
   

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This page was last updated February 27   2010
Plants listed on this page should not be presumed to be in bloom.

Aerangis biloba
Warm growing African species requires high humidity when growing mounted. These plants are near blooming size and mounted for $25 or in 4 inch basket, $25. Check your choice and click on "Add to Shopping Cart".

4 inch basket  Mounted 

  Aerangis clavigera (synonym macrocentra)
This miniature, temperature tolerant epiphyte is endemic to eastern coastal and central Madagascar.  These are young seedlings in one inch pots, $25.

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Delicate ivory to creamy yellow flowers on relatively long spikes. These are large blooming size plants producing multiple spikes. Grow them warm and shady. In 2 1/4 inch  pot,  $25, mounted $30.  Check the size and click on "Add to Shopping Cart".

2 1/4 inch pot  mounted 

Aerangis (fastuosa x articulata)
Both parents are pictured on the left. The flowers are fragrant. Plant in 2 inch pot, $25.

  Aerangis mooreana
This miniature, warm growing epiphyte is found in the Comoros Islands and Madagascar in humid forests on branches. Blooms early spring and summer. The plants are mounted and $30.

  Aerangis pumilo (synonym Aerangis hyaloides)
Another miniature, temperature tolerant epiphyte found in Madagascar in shady locations. the , inflorescence can carry from 6 to 20 glistening white flowers. These plants are blooming size in 1 inch pots, $35.

Aerangis rhodosticta var. luteo-alba
From Madagascar, grow shady and intermediate to warm. Miniature plant with disproportionately long inflorescence of pure white flowers with bright orange nose. Blooming size plants in 2 inch clay pots or mounted, $25. Check your selection and click "Add to Cart".

pot; mounted;

Aerangis spiculata syn somalensis
Small plants produce an arching inflorescence which carries up to 17 white flowers tinged in pink. Very easy to grow and bloom in intermediate conditions.  Blooming size plant in 4 inch basket $50.  

  Aerangis stylosa
This warm growing, small to medium sized epiphyte is found in Madagascar and Comoros in moist evergreen forests. Blooms in the early spring and summer with 9 to 15 flowers that are fragrant at night. The plants are mounted, and $35.

Amesiella monticola
A relatively newly  described, miniature, monopodial epiphyte. Found in the Philippines on the edges of rainforests [Central Luzon Mountains] It is temperature tolerant species and can be grown cool to warm, evenly moist. It may be grown better at cooler conditions with good air movement. Mounted, $25.

Angraecum didieri
A miniature, temperature tolerant misc aecoid from Madagascar, that likes a  humid environment. It flowers between April and June in the northern hemisphere on a short inflorescence that carries a solitary fragrant flower.  In 3 inch pot, $25.

Angraecum eburneum var. brevicalcar
This plant is from Madagascar and is the short-nectary form of Angraecum eburneum. This a highly desirable form of eburneum that is more compact-but not a miniature. This plant produces a multitude of fragrant flowers closely spaced on the spike. Near blooming size plant in 5 inch pot, $40.

  Angraecum superbum  (syn. Angraecum eburneum var. superbum)
A warm growing epiphyte found in  hot damp tropical woods on the east side of Madagascar,  eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands. Grow under  Cattleya conditions. Blooms in the winter with flowers that are white/green, long-lasting, waxy, fragrant at night. In 4 inch pots, $25. 

Angraecum leonis
Species from the Comoros Islands. Pristine white flowers with long white nectaries are produced on compact, fan shaped plants. Size makes them great for windowsill culture. Flowers are fragrant after dark. Grow in bright indirect light, hot to warm, with frequent watering in spring and summer when actively growing. Less water in the winter. Blooming size plant in 3 1/2 inch pot or mounted, $30.Check the form and click "Add to Cart".

Pot  Mounted 

Angraecum Longiscott 'OC' (superbum x scottianum)
Flowers are large and very showy.  Blooming size plants are in 5.0 inch pots and are blooming size.  $30.

Angraecum magdalenae
Angraecum magdalenae is a semi-terrestrial orchid living in humus pockets on rocky outcrops on Madagascar's central pleateau.  Its large long lasting, pure white flowers are fragrant in the eventing to attract pollinating moths. It has been collected almost to extinction from many areas. Near blooming size plant in 3.5 inch pot, with a leaf span of 8 inches, $25.

Angraecum sesquipidale
This is a large, warm growing species epiphyte, from Madagascar that produces up to 6 fragrant blooms at Christmas time. Requires water and fertilizer all year round with good air circulation. This is the species that  Charles Darwin's predicted would have a pollinator with some structure that could reach to the bottom of the flower's extremely long spur.  His prediction was verified with the discovery of a long-tongued hawk moth. These plants with leaf spans of 10-12 inches are one  year from blooming in 4.5 inch pots, $25.

Jumellea comorense
A  temperature tolerant, miniature species is found on the island of Grand Comore. It is a  monopodial epiphytic, found growing on rough barked trees in very wet forests with good air movement and moderate light. This species is branched and pendant, and produces fragrant flowers on an axillary, short, single flowered inflorescence that can flower at most any time of the year but occurs most often in the winter. Plants are near blooming size in 4 inch pots, $25.