Pterygodium newdigateae Bolus 1896 TYPE Drawing by © H Bolus

LATER

Common Name Newdigate's Pterygodium [Original Collector of species late 1800's early 1900's]

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found only once in the Crags of south-southwestern Cape Province of South Africa on stoney slopes near sea level as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying 2 to 4, spaced up the stem, elliptic-oblong, acumiante leaves that blooms in the later spring on an erect, to 2.8" [7 cm] long, lax, 2 to 6 flowered inflorescence with elliptic, acute floral bracts.

Only the "A" drawing [1 - 12] above on the right is specific to this species, the "B" drawing is P cleistogamum

Synonyms

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;

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