Aerangis arachnopus Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 36(2): 113 (1918).
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| Aerangis arachnopus Schltr., Photo by Christophe Aubin |
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| Aerangis arachnopus Schltr., Photo by Gilles Grunenwald |
its native range is W. Central Tropical Africa.
Latinh Name:
Aerangis arachnopus Schltr.
Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Synonym:
Aerangis biloboides (De Wild.) Schltr.
Angorkis arachnopus (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
Angraecum arachnopus Rchb.f.
Angraecum batesii Rolfe
Angraecum biloboides De Wild.
Rhaphidorhynchus batesii (Rolfe) Finet
English Name:
The Spider-Like Column Foot Aerangis.
Description:
With 4 to 6, oblanceolate to obovate, rather light green, unequally and obtusely bilobed apically leaves borne in a fan-shape that blooms in the spring on apendant, very slender, to 60 cm long, fractiflex rhachis, 3 to 8 flowered inflorescence.
Distribution:
Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaïre.
Ecological:
In evergreen forests or on old citrus trees below elevations of 400 to 1000 m.
Flowering times:
Blooms in the spring.
Flower size:
10.0 cm.
Cultivation:
These orchids benefit from being misted daily, as they enjoy growing in a humid environment. To maintain humid growing conditions, Aerangis arachnopus plants thrive when they’re grown in a terrarium or orchidarium. Aerangis achachnopus plants flourish in warm, humid growing conditions, in areas with soft, gentle lighting.
Type:
Notes:
With its long slender inflorescences and widely spaced flowers, which are rather small and narrow in all their parts, it is not likely to be confused with any other species. It appears to be restricted to very humid forests around the Gulf of Guinea. It is very doubtfully recorded from Ghana, as the specimen from which the type was prepared is said to have been 'introduced through' Consul Schiller in 1854, and the species has not been recorded from Ghana since then.
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