Orchidaceae

Darwin’s orchid

Angraecum sesquipedale Thouars

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Angraecum

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Darwin’s orchid (Angraecum sesquipedale) — FlowerPhoto: Justine Faure, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (13)

Chinese: 大彗星蘭, 长距彗星兰
Czech: Větrobýl jedenapůlstopý
English: Darwin’s orchid
Finnish: Tähtikämmekkä
French: Étoile de Madagascar
German: "Stern von Madagaskar", Stern von madagaskar
Italian: Orchidea di Darwin
Japanese: アングレカム・セスキペダレ
Korean: 다윈난초
Russian: Ангрекум полуторафутовый, Ангрекум полуторафотовый
Spanish: Orquídea de Darwin, Aeranthus sesquipedalis, Orquidea de Darwin, Orquidea de navidad, Orquídea de navidad
Swedish: Madagaskarstjärna, Madagaskars stjärna
Ukrainian: Ангрекум півторафутовий

Synonyms

Aeranthes sesquipedalis (Thouars) Lindl.
Angorchis sesquepedalis (Thouars) Kuntze
Angorchis sesquipedale (Thouars) Kuntze
Macroplectrum sesquipedale (Thouars) Pfitzer
Mystacidium sesquipedale (Thouars) Rolfe

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Justine Faure, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Jeffdelonge assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Louis Aureglia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: The original uploader was Jeffdelonge at French Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fábio Olmos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.