Schwartzkopffia lastii (Rolfe) Schltr. 1914

Plant and Flowers in situ Zimbabwe Photo by Bart Wursten ©, and his Flora Of Zimbabwe WebSite

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Common Name Last's Schwartzkopffia

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Zaire, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe in Brachystegia woodland and at the edges of low altitude riverine forest at elevations of 500 to 1800 meters as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial leafless saprophyte that is lacking all chlorophyll. The 1 to 4, erect flowers seem to arise straight from the humus covered ground with a few dark brown sheaths at the base. The flowers are very showy and have a strong lemon scent and occur in the later spring.

Synonyms Brachycorythis lastii Rolfe 1898; Brachycorythis schlechteri Geerinck 1982; Schwartzkopffia angolensis Schltr. 1921

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Of Tropical East Africa Part 1 Summerhayes 1968; The Orchids of South Central Africa Williamson 1977 drawing fide; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Part 1 Pope 1995; Terrestrial African Orchids, A select Review John S. Ball 2009 drawing fide as Brachycorythis lastii drawing fide

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