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Satyrium longicauda
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Photo: Mark Hyde
On Mozambique side of border near Penhalonga
Photo: Mark Hyde
On Mozambique side of border near Penhalonga
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Terrestrial herb, 15 - 65cm. Foliage leaves on a separate sterile shoot. Leaves along the flowering stem sheathing. Inflorescence fairly dense with long, leaf-like bracts, often reddish. Flowers white, variably tinged with pink at the apices of the flower parts. Petals and sepals deflexed in older flowers. Lip forming a hood with a wide mouth; spurs 3-4.5cm, rarely 5cm long, mostly tucked behind the bracts. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | longicauda: long-tailed, referring to the long spurs |
| Habitat: | Montane grassland; often a pioneer along road sides and other areas, which have been disturbed before. |
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| Flowering time: | Jan - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 24 November 2012 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 49. As Satyrium longicauda longicauda Fibeck, W. & Dare, M. (1993). Terrestrial Orchids in Zimbabwe. Excelsa 16 Page 70. Grosvenor, R.K. (1976). A list of orchids indigenous in Rhodesia. Excelsa 6 Page 85. La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 212. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 98. Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 35, plate 55 Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 85. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Satyrium longicaudaAfrican Plant Database: Satyrium longicauda
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Satyrium longicauda
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