Satyrium hallackii Bolus 1884 SECTION Leptocentrum

Flower Closeup in situ Cape Province South Africa Photos courtesy of © Cameron McMasters

Partial shade Cool Cold Spring

Common Name Hallack's Satyrium

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in Cape Province South Africa in moist and brackish soils near the shore at elevations of sealevel to 600 meters as a medium to large sized, cool cold growing terrestrial orchid with a leaf stem carrying 8 to 10, lowermost sheathing, next 2 to 4, broadly lanceolate, and the upper ascending and scaling down to bract-like leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, 4 to 10" [10 to 25 cm] long, fairly densely many flowered inflorescence with linear, acute, recurved floral bracts and carrying non-resupinate flowers.

Synonyms Satyrium foliosum var. helonioides Lindl. 1838; Satyrium hallackii subsp. ocellatum (Bolus) A.V.Hall 1982; Satyrium nutans Kraenzl.1898; Satyrium ocellatum Bolus 1893;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982 photo fide; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Part 1 Pope 1995;

Satyrium hallackii subsp. ocellatum (Bolus) A.V.Hall 1982

A Colony of Plant and Flowers in situ Transvaal South Africa Photos courtesy of © Lourens Grobler

FragrancePartial shade Cool Cold Summer

Found in Malawi, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland, Natal and Transvaal states of South Africa at elevations of 600 to 2200 meters as a medium to large sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial with 4 to 6 cauline leaves grading into floral bracts above that blooms in the summer on a terminal, erect, 30 to 60 flowered inflorescence and carrying faintly scented flowers.

Differs from S hallackii in the shorter spur, bloom times and their geographical locations

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family Dressler 1993 as S ocellatum photo fide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Northern South Africa and Swaziland McMurty, Grobler, Grobler & Burns 2008 as S ocellatum;

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