Angraecum equitans - has starry white flowers with long nectaries

 Angraecum equitans
     These are native to northwest Madagascar; the Sambirano valley around Mount Tsaratanana. Please refer to our culture information on Angraecum breve. At this writing, it is January and our plants are exhibiting the typical signs of slight dehydration. This species does not seem to respond to attempts to provide additional moisture during its resting period. Potting in clay with a fast draining medium would possibly help this condition but it just seems to have an annual cycle where the leaves plump up during the growing season and shrivel slightly during its resting period. In our experience, equitans is happy in intermediate to warm conditions, not just the cool to cold temperatures that some would claim.