Botanical illustration of Plectrelminthus caudatus. Originally published as Angraecum caudatum.
Species Description
Plectrelminthus caudatus is “a singular free-flowering species from Sierra Leone, with pale green drooping foliage, ten inches long, and very compact growth, producing racemes of flowers a foot or more in length; the flowers are greenish yellow, mixed with brown, the labellum being pure white, and furnished with a tail of pale green colour, about nine inches long. I have sometimes seen twelve or more of these curious flowers on a spike. Its season of blooming is from June to September, and it continues in perfection a long time. This is still, and always has been, a rare plant.” (Source: Classic Orchid Grower’s Manual by B.S. Williams.)
Synonyms
- Angraecum caudatum
Publications
- Classic Orchid Grower’s Manual
- Frederick Sander (1847-1920): “Reichenbachia”
- Edwards’s Botanical Register, volume 22 plate 1844
- “Curtis’s Botanical Magazine” Curtis’ 74 (Ser. 3 no. 4) pl. 4370