Aeranthes grandiflora
1824 illustration[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Aeranthes
Species:
A. grandiflora
Binomial name
Aeranthes grandiflora
Lindl. (1824)
Synonyms[2]
  • Angraecum grandiflorum (Lindl.) auct. (1895)
  • Aeranthes brachycentron Regel (1890)

Aeranthes grandiflora is a species of orchid and is the type species of its genus. It is native to Madagascar and Comoros.[2] It is characterized by long, spindly, naturally hanging inflorescences and relatively large, semi-translucent flowers which open successively over a long period of time; do not cut the inflorescence after the first flower has faded, as these plants rebloom abundantly.[3][4]

Home culture for this species is among the easiest of any orchid; give them small pots of small-grade bark and moss with medium-warm temperatures (winter nights between 55 and 65 degrees Fahrenheit) and place them under low light of any orientation or even fluorescent lights.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Designer:John Lindley (1789-1865) - Engraver: J. Watts - "The botanical register" vol. 10 pl. 817 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/132134)
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. 1 2 White, Judy (1996). Taylor's Guide to Orchids. Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-395-67726-1.
  4. ↑ Cribb, P., Hermans, J. & Rakotoarinivo, M. (2009). Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar: 1-456. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


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