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Aerangis hildebrandtii

Aerangis hildebrandtii was original described by Reichenbach as Angraecum hildebrandtii (The Gardeners' Chronicle: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Horticulture and Allied Subjects. 1878, Vol. 9, p. 725,  link ).  It was transfered to genus  Chamaeangis  in 1972 ( link ), and to Microterangis in 1985.   More recently, it was transfered to Aerangis based on molecular phylogeny data (Cribb & Carlsward 2012).  It is a species found in Comoro Islands . I got this plant from Andy's Orchids a couple years ago.  I'm growing at intermediate-warm temperature.  It seems to be able to grow fairly low light.  I might be giving too much light, and the leaves are a little yellowish. Note that the middle and bottom flowers are missing the anther caps. This species seems to be pretty similar to  Aerangis hariotiana .  Both la Croix (2014, p.153-155) and Oviatt  & Nerison (2016) mentioned that they couldn't di...