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Angraecum leonis
Compact Angraecum with thick, leathery leaves and large, starry ivory flowers. Native to humid forests of Madagascar and the Comoros from lowland to montane elevations, blooming mainly from winter into autumn in partial shade and high humidity.
Growing profile
At a glance
- Plant type
- orchid
- Typical size
- medium 15–30cm
- Light
- Indirect
- Humidity
- 70–95%
Native context
Distribution and habitat
- Countries
- Comoros, Madagascar
- Elevation
- Lowland (0–500 m), Submontane (500–1,000 m), Montane (1,000–2,000 m)
- Flowering
- Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Derived growing context
Climate range
- Temperature profile
- Intermediate → Hot
- Mean temperature
- 17–25 °C
- Day temperature
- 20–29 °C
- Night temperature
- 14–22 °C
- Summer mean
- 23–25 °C
- Winter mean
- 17–20 °C
- Temperature span
- 15 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 3–8 °C
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal
- Adaptability
- Moderately adaptable
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- Comoros
- Madagascar
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Habitat-specific growing context
Rainforest
Consistently wet; high humidity
- Latitude
- Tropical
- Moisture
- Very humid
- Elevation
- Lowland, Submont
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal
- Mean temperature
- 22–25 °C
- Day temperature
- 25–28 °C
- Night temperature
- 19–22 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 3 °C
Cloud forest
Montane + saturated air; frequent fog/condensation
- Latitude
- Tropical
- Moisture
- Very humid
- Elevation
- Montane
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal
- Mean temperature
- 17 °C
- Day temperature
- 20 °C
- Night temperature
- 14 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 3 °C
Wet forest
Very humid forest; frequent wetness
- Latitude
- Subtropical, Tropical
- Moisture
- Humid, Very humid
- Elevation
- Lowland, Montane, Submont
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal
- Mean temperature
- 17–25 °C
- Day temperature
- 21–29 °C
- Night temperature
- 14–22 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 3–8 °C
Moist forest
Moderately humid forest
- Latitude
- Subtropical
- Moisture
- Humid
- Elevation
- Lowland, Submont
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal
- Mean temperature
- 18–21 °C
- Day temperature
- 22–25 °C
- Night temperature
- 15–18 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 8 °C
Seasonal context
- Very small annual temperature swing; fairly consistent through the year
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