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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Leafless epiphytic herb with fairly short radiating roots forming a conical mound. Inflorescences several, short, dense, up to 15-flowered. Pedicels of lower flowers usually longer than those of upper ones. Flowers large for the genus, up to 12 mm, white with a salmon-pink central line; ovary and column coral red. Lip suborbicular; spur 66 mm, tapering. |
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| Flowering time: | Sep - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Mainly known from Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi with a sight record from the Chicamba Dam in Mozambique, close to the Zimbabwe border. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 11 November 2008 |
| Literature: |
La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1998). Orchidaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 11(2) Pages 431 - 432. La Croix, I. et al. (1983). Malawi Orchids Volume 1 Epiphytic Orchids National Fauna Preservation Society of Malawi Page 83. (Includes a picture). La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 278. (Includes a picture). Stewart, J. & Campbell, B. (1996). Orchids of Kenya Timber Press Inc, Portland Oregon, USA ISBN0-88192-357-5 Pages 51 - 52. (Includes a picture). |
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