Corycium orobanchoides (L.f.) Sw. 1800 Photo by Tyrone Genade ©

Plant in situ South Africa Photo by Cameron McMaster

Common Name or Meaning The Orobanche-Like Corycium - Bastertrewwa

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in Southern Cape Provine South Africa in sandy areas at elevations of sea level to 500 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with purple-red barred basal leaves and numerous, lanceolate, imbricate, acute leaves that boolsms in the spring on a terminal, erect, 7.2" [18 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with broadly ovate acute floral bracts.

Synonyms Pterygodium orobanchoides (L.f.) Schltr. 1898; *Satyrium orobanchoides L.f. 1782

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982 photo; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzwell 1999

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