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Angraecum thomsonii is an orchid species identified by Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.) in 1897. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Aerangis thomsonii.
ORIGIN: This species occurs in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in upland forests low down on trunks and branches at elevations of 1600 to 3000 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Small to large sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte in deep shade and high humidity with a short to long, woody stem carrying several to 20, dark green, distichous, ligulate, unequally bilobed apically, obtuse leaves that blooms in the fall on an arching, to 12 [30 cm] long, 4 to 10 flowered inflorescence carrying white colored, fragrant flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 2 1/2 inches [6.25 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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