Brachycorythis mixta Summerh.

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Habit
Seepage dambo grassland
Mwinilunga District
Nov 2025
Photo: Nick Wightman

Inflorescence
Seepage dambo grassland
Mwinilunga District
Nov 2025
Photo: Nick Wightman

Flower
Seepage dambo grassland
Mwinilunga District
Nov 2025
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms:	Bidens bampsiana Lisowski Bidens modesta Sherff
Common names:
Frequency:	Rare
Status:	Native
Description:	Terrestrial herb 30–50 cm tall. Leaves numerous, up to 5 × 1 cm, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, densely pubescent. Inflorescence 10–15 × 3 cm, densely many-flowered; ovary and pedicel c. 15 mm long; bracts leaf-like, up to 20 × 3 mm, pubescent. Sepals and petals yellow-green, purplish on the outside; lip bright yellow, mauve-tinged in throat. Sepals 6.5–7 × 3.7–4.5 mm; dorsal sepal elliptic, obtuse; lateral sepals obliquely ovate. Petals c. 5.5 × 2.5 mm, oblong, obtuse, forming a hood with the dorsal sepal. Lip hypochile 2–3 mm long, cup-shaped; epichile projecting horizontally, rather fleshy, c. 7.3 × 7.5 mm, obovate, 3-lobed towards the apex, the sides reflexed, lateral lobes larger than the mid-lobe. Mid-lobe often upturned. Column short and stout.
Type location:	Angola
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	mixta: mixed
Habitat:
Altitude range: (metres)	1200 - 2400 m
Flowering time:	Nov - Feb
Worldwide distribution:	Has to start with Capital Angola, DRC and Zambia
FZ divisions:	W
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Nw
Growth form(s):	Perennial.
Endemic status:
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Images last updated:	Tuesday 17 February 2026
Literature:	La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Pages 25 - 26. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 117. Summerhayes, V.S. (1955). A revision of the genus Brachycorythis Kew Bulletin 10 Page 263. Protologue Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 34 - 35. (Includes a picture).

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