Pterygodium cruciferum Sond 1846 SECTION Pterygodium

Photo by © Cameron McMaster

EARLIER

Common Name The Cross-Carrying Pterygodium

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found only in SW Cape Province, South Africa in fynbos at elevations of sea level to 90 meters as a slender to fairly robust, medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a rather stout, somewhat flexuous stem giving rise to linear leaves and blooms in the earlier spring on an erect, lax, 2 to 6 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms

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

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