Aeranthes grandiflora

Species:
Genus: Aeranthes
Sub Family: Epidendroideae
Family: Orchidaceae
Order: Asparagales
Class: Liliopsida
Subtribe:
Tribe:
Division: Magnoliophyta
Kingdom: Plantae

Description

This genus consists of approximately 30 species. This orchid species grows in the form of epiphytes with a very short stem or no stem at all. Pendan-shaped flowers form with one or a few large flowers that sometimes transparent

Uneven

Distributed in the Islands of Madagascar, Comoros and Mascarene and two orchid species from the African continent.

Description

Species: Aeranthes adenopoda (Madagascar).

Aeranthes aemula (N. Madagascar).

Aeranthes africana (Zimbabwe - Vuma Mts.).

Aeranthes albidiflora (Madagascar).

Aeranthes ambrensis (N. Madagascar).

Aeranthes angustidens (NE. Madagascar).