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Aerangis articulata (Aerangis articulata)

Description

It is a small plant with evergreen leaves that prefers hot to fresh weather, it is epiphytic . Its robust stems bear several blades obovate or oblong-obovate, coriaceous and lobed. It is very colorful. It produces an axillary inflorescence of 22.5 to 45 cm long, hanging and in cluster , sometimes branched, with up to 18 perfumed flowers of 3 to 4 cm in length, long-lived and waxy touch. It blooms in spring and summer .

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Orchidaceae

              • Genus: Aerangis