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Angraecum conchiferum
Also called Small Spider Shell Orchid, Yellowwood Shell Orchid
Angraecum conchiferum is a species of orchid found in Knysna and Tsitsikamma forests.
This rather rare and attractive species has the distinction of having the largest flowers of the South African monopodial epiphytic orchids. It normally forms untidy clumps of long, thin, pendulous sterns which carry small dark-green, linear leaves spaced along the stems in two ranks. The solitary white flower have a distinct shell-like lip and a long spur. Flowers appear from September to November.
Angraecum aporoides · Angraecum bancoense · Angraecum birrimense · Angraecum borbonicum · Angraecum cadetii · Angraecum calceolus · Angraecum caulescens · Angraecum crassum · Angraecum cucullatum · Angraecum didieri · Angraecum distichum · Angraecum eburneum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Angraecum conchiferum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
