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Angraecum magdalenae

Angraecum magdalenae
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY 3.0

Angraecum magdalenae is a small, fragrant white-flowered orchid native to Madagascar, growing on rocky quartzite outcrops at 800 to 2000 m. It is a rare species and is seldom grown, and it needs cool, bright, well-drained conditions.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the medium is nearly dry, reducing in cooler months.
Soil
Fast-draining orchid mix or mounted on rock or bark.
Temperature
12–24 °C; protect below 8 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Madagascar
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Angraecum magdalenae, also called Magdalena's angraecum, is a species of epiphytic orchid in the genus Angraecum. It is native and endemic to Madagascar.

Where it grows

First collected in Central Madagascar, the species remains restricted to the region and to the rocky, quartzite-rich outcrops of Mount Ibity, where, as of 2005, approximately 100 known specimens are located. The preferred altitude at which the species grows ranges between 800 and 2000 meters.

Other Angraecum plants

Angraecum aporoides · Angraecum bancoense · Angraecum birrimense · Angraecum borbonicum · Angraecum cadetii · Angraecum calceolus · Angraecum caulescens · Small Spider Angraecum · Angraecum crassum · Angraecum cucullatum · Angraecum didieri · Angraecum distichum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Angraecum magdalenae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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.

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