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Aerangis is a genus with close to 60 species spread through Africa, Madagascar and the Comoros Islands as well as one in Sri Lanka and Reunion. They are commonly epiphytic and sometimes lithophytic, small to medium sized vandanaceous plants which typically like, shady, warm and humid conditions. I mount mine mostly on cork flats tieing them down with fine wire.

Aerangis Species List

    The species list below was composed with information from the following sources.

    The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids by Alec Pridgeon. Published by the Timber Press

    The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species By Bechtel, Cribb and Launert, Published by The MIT Press

    An Introduction to the Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids of Madagascar by Hillerman and Holst Published by the Timber Press

    Species names that are synonyms of other species names are denoted with a ~.

  1. alata H.Perr
    2. -Madagascar

    ~albido-rubra [De Wild] Schltr. see A> luteo-alba

  2. alcicornis [Rchb. f] Garay
    3. - Africa
  3. anjoanensis H. Perr.
    4. -Comoros Islands
  4. appendiculata [De Wild.]Scltr.
    5. - Africa, Malawi
  5. arachnopus [Rchb. f]Scltr.
    6. - Africa
  6. articulata [Rchb. f]Scltr.
    7. - Madagascar - Epiphyte
  7. avicularia Schltr.
  8. batesii Schltr
  9. biloba [lindl.]Scltr.
    10. - Africa

    ~biloboides Schltr. See Angraecum biloboides

  10. brachycarpa [A. Rich]Dur. & Schinz
    11. - Closely related to A. confusa but has larger flowers and a longer spur - Africa, Ethiopia to Uganda South to Zambia and Angola - Alt 1500-2300m - Montane forest - dense shade - small to medium sized epiphyte
  11. brachyceras Summerh.
    12. - Congo and Uganda
  12. buchlohii Senghas
    13. - Madagascar
  13. calantha [Scltr.] Scltr.
    14. - closely related to A. ugandensis - Africa; Ghana across to Uganda and south to Angola and Tanzania - Small epiphyte
  14. calavigera H. Perr.
  15. calligera[Rchb. f]Garay
    16. - Madagascar
  16. calodictyon Summerh.
    17. - Tanzania

    ~campyloplectron [Rchb.f]Garay - See Angraecum campyloplectron

  17. carnea J. Stewart
    18. - Africa

    ~carusiana [Severino]Garay - See Angraecum carusianum

  18. caulescens Schltr.
  19. citrata [Thour]Scltr.
    20. - Madagascar
  20. clavigera H.Perr
    21. - Madagascar
  21. collum-cygnii Summerh.
    22. - Africa - Tanzania
  22. compta Summerh.
    23. - Congo and Uganda
  23. concavipeteala H.Perr.
    24. - Madagascar
  24. confusa J. Stewart
    25. very similar to A. brachycarpa but recently given species status because of it's smaller flowers and shorter spur - Kenya - Escarpment forest

    ~cordatighandula Schltr. - See Angraecum cordatiglandulum

  25. coriacea Summerh.
    26. - Africa

    ~crassipes Schltr. see A. stylosa

  26. cryptodon [Rchb. f]Scltr.
    27. - Madagascar
  27. curnowiana [Rchb. f]Scltr.
    28. - Madagascar
  28. decaryana H. Perr.
    29. - Madagascar
  29. descendens Rchb.f.
    30. - See A. articulata
  30. distincta J. Stewart& La Croix

    31. ~elegans [Rolfe]Dandy - See Angraecum elegans

    ~ellisii [Rchb. f]Scltr. - See A. calligera - Madagascar

    ~engleriana [Krnzl.] Schltr. - See Angrraecum englerianum

    ~erythurua [Krnzl]Garay - See Angraecum erythurum

  31. falcifolia Schltr.
    32. - Africa
  32. fastuosa [Rchb. f]Scltr.
    33. - Madagascar - Small Epiphyte -

    ~filipes Schltr. - See Angraecum filipes

    ~flabellifolia Rchb.f. see A. brachycarpa

  33. flexuosa [Ridl.] Scltr.
    34. - Africa

    ~floribunda [Rolfe]Summerh. - See Listrostachys floribunda

  34. friesiorum Schltr.
    35. - Kenya
  35. fuscata [Rchb. f]Scltr.
    36. - Madagascar
  36. gracillima [Kraenzl.]J.Stewart &Arends.
    37. - Cameroon and Gabon - Small epiphyte

    ~graminifolia Schltr. - See Listrostachys graminifolia

    ~grantii Schltr. - See Angraecum grantii

  37. gravenreuthii [Kraenzl.]Scltr.
    38. - Africa

    ~henriquesiana Schltr. - See Angraecum henriquesianum

  38. hologlottis [Scltr.]Scltr.
    39. - Africa
  39. hyaloides [Rchb. f]Scltr.
    40. - Madagascar
  40. ikopana Scltr.
    41. - Madagascar
  41. jacksonii J. Stewart
    42. - Africa
  42. kirkii [Rchb. f]Scltr.
    43. - Kenya and Tanzania - Small epiphyte - Coastal and Riverine forest
  43. kotschyana [Rchb. f]Scltr.
    44. - Tropical Africa South to Transvaal - large epiphyte

    ~kotschyi Rchb.f. see A. kotschyana

  44. laurentii Schltr.
  45. lutambae Mansf.
    46. - Tanzania
  46. luteo-alba [Kraenzl.]Scltr.
    47. - Cameroon, Zaire, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania - Alt up to 1700m - Lower montane and Riverine forests - small epiphyte with flattened roots -

    var luteo-alba [Kraenzl.]Scltr. - Africa

    var. rhodistica [Kraenzl.]J. Stewart- Central Africa [Cameroon to Ethiopia and Tanzania - Flowers in Autumn to spring

  47. macrocentra [Scltr.]Scltr.
    48. - Madagascar
  48. malmquistiana Scltr.
    49. - Madagascar
  49. megaphylla Summerh.
    50. - Africa

    ~mixta Schltr. - See mystacidium batesii

    ~moandensis Schltr. - See Angraecum moandense

  50. modesta [Hook. f.]Scltr.
    51. Closely related to A. stylosa but has larger flowers - Madagascar and the Comoros Islands
  51. monantha Scltr.
    52. - Madagascar
  52. montana J. Stewart
    53. - Africa

    ~mooreana [Rolfe ex Sander]P.J.Cribb& J.Stewart - See Angraecum mooreanum

  53. muscicola Schltr.
  54. mystcidii [Rchb. f]Scltr.
    55. - Africa
  55. mysticidoides Schltr.
    56. - Tropical Africa
  56. oligantha Scltr.
    57. - Africa

    ~pachyura Schltr. -Angraecum pachyurum

  57. pallida[S Wats.]Garay
    58. - Africa
  58. pallidiflora H Perr.
    59. - Madagascar
  59. parvula Schltr.
    60. - Tanzania
  60. phalenopsis Schltr.
    61. - Tropical western Africa
  61. platyphylla [Rchb. f]Scltr.
    62. - Madagascar

    ~potamophila Schltr. - See Angraecum potamophilum

  62. primulina [Rolfe]H Perr.
    63. - Madagascar
  63. puchella [Scltr.]Scltr.
    64. - Madagascar
  64. pumilio Scltr.
    65. - Madagascar
  65. punctata J Stewart
    66. -Madagascar

    ~rhipsalisocia Schltr. - See Angraecum rhipsalisocium

    ~rhodistica Schltr. See luteo-alba var. rhodistica

    ~rohlfsiana [Kraenzl.] Schltr. see A. brachycarpa

    ~roseocalcarata Schltr. - See Angraecum roseocalcaratum

  66. rostellaris [Rchb. f]H.Perr.
    67. -Comoros Islands

    ~sankuruensis Schltr. - See Angraecum sankuruense

  67. schliehenii Mansf.ex Schlienben
  68. seegeri Senghas
    69. - Madagascar

    ~solheidi Schltr. - See Angraecum solheidi

  69. somalensis [Scltr.]Scltr.
    70. - Africa

    ~spiculata [Finet]Senghas - See Raphidorhynchus spiculatus

  70. splendida J.Stewart& La Croix
    71. - Malawi
  71. stelligera Summerh.
    72. - Africa
  72. stylosa [Rolfe]Scltr.
    73. _ Closely related to A. Modesta but with smaller flowers - Madagascar and the Comoros Islands - Alt 0-1400m - Small epiphyte
  73. thomsonii [Rolfe]Scltr.
    74. - Africa
  74. ugandensis/Summerh.
    75. - Africa; Zaire, Burundi, Uganda, and W. Kenya - Alt 1500m - Small epiphyte -
  75. umbonata Scltr.
    76. - Madagascar

    ~venusta Schltr. see A. stylosa

  76. verdickii [De Wild.]Scltr.
    77. - Africa
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