Platycoryne guingangae (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1898 Photo courtesy of Guy Ramette Vovan and his Gabon Orchids Website

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Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in Zambia in sandy grasslandsas a terrestrial or lithophyte at elevations of 1350 to 1500 meters with ovoid tubers giving rise to an erect leafy stem carrying to 8, lanceolate, evenly spread leaves that blooms in the winter on a terminal, erect, short, racemose inflorescence with the 1 to 6 flowers held at the apex.

Synonyms *Habenaria guingangae Rchb. f.1865; Habenaria poggeana Kraenzl. 1893; Platycoryne poggeana (Kraenzl.) Rolfe 1898

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of South Central Africa Williamson 1977 drawing/photo ok; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Part 1 Pope 1995

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