Platycoryne macroceras
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Dambo/Grassland
Mutinondo Wilderness area
Jan 2017
Photo: Nick Wightman
Dambo/Grassland
Mutinondo Wilderness area
Jan 2017
Photo: Nick Wightman
Dambo/Grassland
Mutinondo Wilderness area
Jan 2017
Photo: Nick Wightman
Dambo/Grassland
Kapishya Hot Springs
Jan 2017
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Terrestrial herb 20-40 cm tall; tubers ovoid, up to 17 x 10 mm, villous; leaves 3-6, spaced along the stem basal, up to 7 x 0.4 cm; inflorescence 1-flowered, rarely 2-flowered; pedicel 4-8 cm long; ovary 1.5 cm long; bracts 2-2.5 cm long; flowers cream to creamy white, rarely red; dorsal sepal erect, 11.5-12 x 8-9 mm, ovate, convex, rounded at the apex or apiculate; lateral sepals spreading, 13-14 x 4-5 mm, curved-lanceolate, oblique; petals 11.5 x 7-8.5 mm, curved, obliquely triangular-ovate, adnate to dorsal sepal; lip entire, deflexed or incurved, 14.5-18 x 3.5-4.5 mm, ligulate with a narrow base, longitudinally convex; spur 5.5-7 cm long, pendent, swollen at apex; anther 5.5 mm high, canals very short; stigmatic arms 3 mm long. |
| Type location: |
Zambia, Mwinilunga |
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| Habitat: | Dry grassland and open dambos, in damp sand amongst grass |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1500 - 1650 m |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia and DRC |
| FZ divisions: | N,W |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,N,Mc |
| Growth form(s): | Terrestrial. |
| Endemic status: | Near Endemic? |
| Red data list status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 6 July 2017 |
| Literature: |
La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 156. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 123. Summerhayes, V.S. (1958). African orchids XXV Kew Bulletin 13(1) Pages 66 - 67. Protologue Vollesen, K. & Merrett, L. (2019). Field Guide to the (wetter) Zambian Miombo Woodland. Part 1 (Ferns & Monocots) GVPedia Communications Page 155. (Includes a picture). Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 71 - 72. (Includes a picture). |
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