Angraecum germinyanum Hook.f.

"Angraecum germinyanum Hook.f. was first found in Madagascar and is epiphytes in trees at elevations between 1100 and 2100 meters above sea level."

Angraecum germinyanum Hort.Sand. ex Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 115: t. 7061 (1889).

Angraecum germinyanum Hort.Sand. ex Hook.f., Photo by Mathew Jose Mathew

Angraecum germinyanum Hort.Sand. ex Hook.f., Photo by László Illés

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

Arachnangraecum germinyanum (Hook.f.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka

Mystacidium germinyanum (Hook.f.) Rolfe

English Name:

Germiny's Angraecum (French count and orchid enthusiast 1800's).

Description: 

The non-resupinate flowers have beautiful spidery petals offset neatly by the round somewhat large disc shaped lip. The flowers have an excellent fragrance at night. These plants do best at cool to intermediate temperatures and once they start flowering many spikes can be produced over a period of several months. Angraecum germinyanum flowers can reach a length of 15-16 cm long.

Distribution:

Comoros, Réunion

Ecological:

At an altitude of 1100 to 2100 m, this species ranges in size from small to medium.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring and summer.

Flower size:

 8.80 cm.

Cultivation:

Height: 20 to 30 cm

Light: Light, no direct sun

Light intensity: 20000-30000 lux

Grow condition: Intermediate

Temperature: (14-18) (18-24) °C=

Humidity:70-80 %

Type:

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.orgorchid-idea.com