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Pterygodium hastatum Bolus, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 177 (1889).
Description:
An erect glabrous herb, 15-28 cm. high; stem straight or subflexuous weak, bi- or more rarely trifoliate, leaves distant, laxly 3-8 flowered at the apex, flowers suberect; leaves erect oblong acute, sheathing at base, 5-14 cm. long, the upper one often sheathlike; bracts herbaceous lanceolate acuminate, equalling or exceeding the ovary; lateral sepals spreading, obliquely ovatelanceolate acuminate concave, 0,7-0,8 cm. long; odd sepal erect concave oblong-lanceolate apiculate, the apiculus reflexed, as long as the lateral sepals; petals erect, in outline somewhat semiorbicular concave, crenulate on the anterior margin, as long as the odd sepal; limb of the lip deflexed oblong obtuse, crenulate on the margin, 0,3 cm. long, the appendix erect, twice larger, cuneate, hastate at the apex or 3 lobed, the intermediate lobe much larger, excavate in front; ovary slender, with the pedicel 1 cm, long.
Habitat:
Is a summer rainfall species found in damp grassland, among rocks, occasional on cliffs, 1200 to 2400 m from the Eastern Cape to Mpumalanga.
Phenology:
Flowering is between January and April.
Distribution:
S. Africa
References:
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 3, page 3, (1913) Author: (By R. A. ROLFE.); The phylogeny and evolution of the Pterygodium—Corycium complex (Coryciinae, Orchidaceae) H. Kurzweil, Plant Systematics and Evolution, Vol. 175, No. 3/4 (1991), pp. 161-223; Orchids of Southern Africa by H. P. Linder; H. Kurzweil Published by A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam (1999)
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