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Satyrium riparium
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Chakwenga Headwaters and Nyabutaye Peat Bog, Rufunsa Distr., Lusaka Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Chakwenga Headwaters and Nyabutaye Peat Bog, Rufunsa Distr., Lusaka Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Chakwenga Headwaters and Nyabutaye Peat Bog, Rufunsa Distr., Lusaka Province
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Terrestrial herb 40–80 cm high; tubers ovoid or ellipsoid, up to 4.5 cm long, hairy. Sterile shoot 3–4-leaved; lowermost 1–2 leaves sheathing; upper leaves lanceolate or elliptic, to 10 cm long. Flowering stem with 7–12 sheathing leaves up to 7 cm long. Inflorescence cylindrical, 11–32 cm long, fairly laxly many-flowered. Flowers greenish-yellow, tinged with brown and purple; bracts 1–3 cm long at base of inflorescence, reflexed. Sepals and petals decurved, joined to each other and lip for about half their length. Median sepal oblong, 5–7.5 mm long; lateral sepals obliquely oblanceolate, of similar length. Petals slightly shorter than sepals, finely velvety. Lip fleshy, ellipsoid, 5.5–7 mm long, the apex reflexed, narrow-mouthed. Spurs slender, 18–25 mm long, straggling, ascending in young flowers but more or less pendent in older flowers; often with an extra pair of vestigial spurs. |
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| Habitat: | Montane grassland, boggy grassland and dambos. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1100 - 2100 m |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 6 January 2019 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 335. 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 215. La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 143. (Includes a picture). 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 124. Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 96 - 97. (Includes a picture). |
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