Angraecum (Noun)
Meaning
Genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Angraecum sesquipedale is known as the star orchid, Christmas star or evening star orchid and has gained widespread media attention as it produces a single leafed spike each year bearing long-lived and strongly nocturnally fragrant flowers.
- Angraecum elongatum is a species of orchid in the genus Angraecum and commonly found in central western Madagascar.
- The type species of the genus Angraecum is Angraecum eburneum which is an epiphytic plant native to the mountain forests of Madagascar.
- Angraecum Distichum var. roseum has small green flowers with pink sepals and a white lip turning yellowish with pink stripes.
- Angraecum dives produces white star-shaped flowers with long spurs.