Aerangis somalensis

Aerangis somalensis

1 Plant  near bloom size ,pot size 1.5 "

Found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Transvaal South Africa at elevations of 1000 to 1800 meters in thickets near streams, woodlands in dry areas as a small sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte with short stems carrying 2 to 6 distichous, oblong-ligulate to suborbicular,unequally bilobed apically, acute lobes, dark green to purple green leaves that blooms on a axillary, 4 to 8" [10 to 20 cm] long, few to many [2 to 17] flowered inflorescence carrying nocturnally gardenia scented flowers.

This species requires a dry rest in the winter from fertilizer and most water and access to bright light and occassional full sun.