Brachycorythis pleistophylla var. pleistophylla.
Description:
Flowers drying very dark brown or nearly black. Petals semi-orbicular, longer than broad, obtuse. Lip elliptical, longer than broad; side lobes acute or obtuse.
Habitat:
Grassland, open woodland and dambo margins 1100–2200 m.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
Trop. & S. Africa, Madagascar
References:
Orchidaceae of West-central Africa, vol. 1, Gdansk University Press Gdansk 2010; Flora of Tropical East Africa Summerhayes Orchidaceae Part 1 1968
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| Photograph© Nicholas Case Wightman Image used with kind permission. |
Photograph© Nicholas Case Wightman Image used with kind permission. |
Photograph© Nicholas Case Wightman Image used with kind permission. |
