Evotella rubiginosa (Sond. ex Bolus) Kurzweil & H.P.Linder, Pl. Syst. Evol. 175: 215 (1991).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Pterygodium rubiginosum Sond. ex Bolus, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 486 (1884).
Corycium rubiginosum (Sond. ex Bolus) Rolfe in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5: 111 (1913).
Description:
An erect herb, 20-27 cm. high; stem leafy subflexuous; leaves 5-7, linear-lanceolate acute or acuminate erect, 5-6 cm. long; spike cylindrical many-fl., 8-12 cm. long, bracts broadly ovate acute, as long as the ovary ; side sepals ovate acute concave spreading, 7 mm, long ; odd sepal lanceolate acute, 6 mm, long; petals subrhomboidal erect expanded, the angles subacute, margins irregularly toothed or lobulate, as long as the odd sepal to which they are attached but much wider; lip triangular-hastate acute, somewhat waved, veined, 3-4 mm, long, appendage erect fleshy obovate bilobulate, hollowed out in front, about one-third longer than the lip; cells of the anther subspherical, bearing the glands of the pollinia in a sinus of the upper margin?; ovary straight, 9 mm. long. Colour of the flowers dull red, the appendage yellow.
Habitat:
In moist places, between150 and 300 met., fl. Nov.
Distribution:
SW. Cape Prov.
References:
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; Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 3, page 3, (1913) Author: (By R. A. ROLFE.)
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McMaster. Image used
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Photograph© Cameron
McMaster. Image used
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McMaster. Image used
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Photograph© Cameron
McMaster. Image used
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