Brachycorythis angolensis (Schltr.) Schltr.

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Nyabutaye Dambo
Nov 2013
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Nyabutaye Dambo
Dec 2014
Photo: Mike Bingham

Flower
Perennial wet dambo grassland
Chakwenga Headwaters and Nyabutaye Peat Bog
Dec 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman

Habit
Perennial wet dambo grassland
Chakwenga Headwaters and Nyabutaye Peat Bog
Dec 2019
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Inflorescence
Perennial wet dambo grassland
Chakwenga Headwaters and Nyabutaye Peat Bog
Dec 2019
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Synonyms:	Brachycorythis oligophylla Kraenzl. Platanthera angolensis Schltr.
Common names:
Frequency:	Locally frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Large leafy plant up to 65 cm tall from thick cylindrical roots; flowering stem leaves 5-10, up to 10 x 2.5 cm, lanceolate, sterile shoot leaves 2, up to 28 x 3.5 cm, oblanceolate and petiolate; inflorescence densely many flowered, 5.5-12.5 x 3-5 cm; ovary and pedicel 11-15 mm long; bracts up to 26 x 4.5 mm, lanceolate; flowers white or mauve, lip darker and spotted ; sepals elliptic, dorsal sepal 7-10.5 x 2.5-4.5 mm, lateral sepals usually slightly longer and oblique; petals 6-10 x 1.5-4.5 mm, obliquely oblanceolate or elliptic, attached to column at base; lip7-10 mm long, hypochile forming a sac-like spur 2.5-4.5 mm long, epichile 5.5-8 x 7-9.2 mm, 3-lobed in the apical half, lobes rounded and ±equal in length.
Type location:	Angola
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	angolensis: from Angola, location of type specimen.
Habitat:	Swampy grassland and permanently wet dambos.
Altitude range:	1200 - 1440 m
Flowering time:	Nov - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	From Angola east through Zambia and DRC to Tanzania.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N,W,C
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Nw,N,C
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Content last updated:	Monday 10 February 2020
Literature:	La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Pages 18 - 20. 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 Pages 250 - 251. Also as Brachycorythis oligophylla Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 30 - 31.

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