Angraecum leonis

Angraecum leonis

  • Angraecum leonis
  • Angraecum leonis
  • Angraecum leonis
  • Angraecum leonis
  • Angraecum leonis
  • Angraecum leonis
  • Flower name
    Angraecum leonis
  • Scientific name
    Angraecum leonis
  • AliasAngraecum leonis
  • Place of origin
  • Place of floweringGreenhouse
  • Flowering season

What is Angraecum leonis

Angraecum Leonis (scientific name: Angraecum leonis) is an evergreen perennial of the genus Angraecum of the Orchidaceae family in Madagascar and Comoroshima. It is a miniature orchid of the original species that is growing on rock and trunks. It blossoms at night during spring and gives a fragrance. Flowers are light green for the first few days, but after that they turn white. The flower has a thin calyx and side petals, a trumpet-shaped lip valve and a long distance. Honey is collected in the distance, and it is an insect flower with a moth that sucks it in the locality.

Common name: Angraecum leonis, Scientific name: Angraecum leonis, Origin: Madagascar and Comoro Island, leaves: thick, fan-shaped, flower color: thin Green → white, flower size: 6 cm, plant height: 15 to 30 cm, flowering period: April to May, flower holding: 25 to 30 days.


  • Order
    Asparagales
  • Family
    Orchidaceae
  • Genus
    Angraecum
  • Species
    A. leonis
  • Type of flower
    Left-right symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Monopetal inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Hedgerow/thallate
  • Leaf type
    lanceolate
  • Edge of the leaf
    Wavy
  • Life typeEvergreen perennial
  • Flower colorsWhite
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height15.0 ~ 30.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower5.0 ~ 6.0 cm

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