Aerangis ellisii

[cnycharles]

very very nice. i love aerangis but they don't usually love me

 

[eaborne]

I just got one of these off a friend who bought it as platyphylla but said it was ''just'' ellisii so gave it to me as he already had a big one. But its leaves are a bit wider than yours and spike pendant. Do you know the difference? I would love to tell him it's a platyphylla.....

Mike, I just looked in the OrchidWiz and AOS databases and platyphylla is a synonym for ellisii. So there is no longer an independent species of Aerangis platyphylla. The botanists reverted to the ellisii name since it was first discovered as such and you should see no difference. Just as the flowers will differ in form from one plant to the next, I am assuming so may the spikes(some being stronger and more vigorous than others.) The wider leaves may be attributed to the same thing or your better culture!