Pterygodium cruciferum Sond., Linnaea 19: 109 (1846).
Description:
An erect glabrous herb, 15-25 cm. high; stem straight or flexuous, 2 foliate, the leaves distant, laxly 2-6 fl. at the apex, the flowers suberect, shortly pedicellate; leaves erect or erect-spreading, linear-lanceolate acute, the lower 7,5-17 cm. long, the upper smaller; bracts leaf-like, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, the lower exceeding the flowers, the upper shorter; lateral sepals divaricate, decurved at the apex, concave, obliquely ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 1,3-1,5 cm. long; odd sepal erect concave lanceolate apiculate, as long as the lateral sepals; petals erect concave, almost orbicular, as long as the odd sepal; limb of the lip deflexed linear, 0,4 cm. long, the appendix erect cruciate, the arms ascending incurved obtuse, 1,1 cm. long; anther horizontal; stigmas two, distant; ovary 1-1,4 cm. long.
Habitat:
In fynbos at elevations of sea level to 90 meters.
Distribution:
SW. Cape Prov.
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;
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| Photograph© Cameron McMaster. Image used with kind permission. |
Photograph© Cameron McMaster. Image used with kind permission. |
