3" Aerangis luteo-alba

The Aerangis luteoalba is a truly elegant little species. Its name is a perfect, straightforward Latin description: luteo for "yellow" and alba for "white," and that's exactly what you get. It’s "The White-and-Yellow Aerangis." It hails from the riverine forests and woodlands of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda in Africa. There, it grows as an epiphyte on twigs and small branches at elevations between 2,300 and 4,000 feet. This habitat tells us it enjoys warm, humid air with plenty of moisture and good circulation—conditions we can provide quite nicely here. The plant itself is a beautiful miniature. It’s a monopodial, growing in a neat fan shape from a very short stem. It typically has 4 to 8 oblong, fleshy leaves that are a deep, glossy green, often with some attractive dark green or black mottling. The leaves are usually only 2 to 4 inches long. One of the best features, even when it's not in bloom, is its root system—a tangle of beautiful, wiry, silvery-white roots that