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Aerangis jacksonii (Aerangis jacksonii)

Description

It is a small sized plant that prefers warm to fresh climate, it is epiphytic , with a woody stem that has 8 to 15 ligulate leaves , linear-lanceolate to oblanceolate dark green, with black splashed, the apex is bi-lobed. uneven way. It flowers in a horizontal to arched inflorescence of 17 cm long, with 4 to 8 flowers of 2 to 2.5 cm wide. It produces flowering in the spring . This species has the singular custom in this genus that the inflorescence is derived successively from the same node each year.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Orchidaceae

              • Genus: Aerangis