Ceratandra grandiflora Lindl. 1838

Photo courtesy of Dr Schelpe

Common Name The Large Flowered Ceratandra

Flower Size 1.2" [2.8 cm]

Found only in SW and southern South Africa at elevations of sea-level to 450 meters as a fairly robust, medium szied, cool to cold growing terrestrial occuring along the Cape Province coast in seasonally wet, sandy habitats with lineareaves and blooms in the summer on an erect, terminal, to 6" [15 cm] long, densely many flowered infloresence

Synonyms Ceratandropsis grandiflora (Lindl.) Rolfe 1913

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; An Introduction to the South African Orchids Schelpe 1966; Die Orchideen #5 17-20 tafel 6 Rudolph Schlechter 1971 photo fide; Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1973 photo fide; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982 photo;

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