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Rhaphidorhynchus stylosus is an orchid species identified by (Rolfe) Finet in 1907. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Aerangis stylosa.
ORIGIN: Found in Madagascar and Comoros in moist evergreen forests as a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte found at altitudes of sea-level to 1400 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Found in Madagascar and Comoros in moist evergreen forests as a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte found at altitudes of sea-level to 1400 meters with short stems carrying 2 to 4, fleshy, oblong-obovate or elliptic, coriaceous, narrowing gradually towards the base, broad, grayish green leaves that blooms in the early spring and summer on an up to 16 [40cm] long, arching or pendant racemose inflorescence with cucullate floral bracts and carrying 9 to 15 flowers that are fragrant at night.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 to 1 5/8 inch [2 to 4 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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