samedi 25 février 2012

Aerangis hyaloides


SF, Feb 2012, 3 spikes
Partial shade, intermediary to hot temperature, flower in winter
Found in Madagascar in shady locales in moss forests at elevations of sealevel to 1000 meters 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, 2 to 2 3/4" [5 to 7 cm] long, inflorecence carrying from 6 to 20 glistening white flowers occuring in the winter.