Pterygodium connivens Schelpe 1982 SECTION Pterygodium
Photos by © Jany Renz and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Fused Sepal Pterygodium
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm] wide
Found in southwestern Cape Province South Africa in seepage areas at elevations of sealevel to 92 meters as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a slender stem carrying 1 to 2, linear leaves that blooms in the spring on a terminal, erect, to 3.6" [9 cm] long, 1 to 6 flowered inflorescence with ovate, acute floral bracts and carries barely opened flowers that have a mild scent
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Schelpe, Linder and Hall 1982 photo fide; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999 photo fide; The Cape Orchids Vol 2 Liltved & Johnson 2012 photo fide;
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