Pterygodium caffrum (L.) Sw. 1800 SECTION Pterygodium Photo by © Marland Holderness and his Flickr Website

Plants and Flowers in situ Photos by © Cameron McMaster

Common Name The Natal State Pterygodium

Flower Size 3/4" [1.8 cm]

Found in southwestern and southern Cape Province of South Africa in low fynbos at elevations of sea-level to 450 meters as a slender to fairly robust, small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with ovate-lanceolate leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, terminal, fairly densely 2 to numerously flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms *Ophrys caffra L. 1760

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe and Hall 1982 photo fide; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999 drawing/photo fide;

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