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| Frequency: | Rare |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Epiphytic herb. Stem short, covered in old leaf bases. Leaves up to 6, lanceolate, up to 17 cm long. Inflorescences arising from the base of the stem, up to 20 cm long, simple or rarely branched with single flowers per inflorescence branch. Flowers greenish-cream, translucent, darker at the apices of tepals and spur. Lip almost square with an apical point and a very wavy margin. Spur conical, pendent, c. 10 mm long. |
| Notes: | Fewer than 250 mature individuals are known but it may have been overlooked. The area is under severe threat from encroaching agricultural settlers and the species is listed as Critically endangered. |
| Derivation of specific name: | parkesii: named after Mr Duncan Parkes, who collected the type and flowered it in cultivation. |
| Habitat: | Forest |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 800 m (approx) |
| Flowering time: | Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Known only from one locality in tropical forest in the Honde Valley on the slopes of Mt. Nyangani. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form(s): | Epiphyte. |
| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Critically Endangered |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 166. Kimberley, M.J. (2003). A List of Epiphytic Orchids of Zimbabwe Excelsa 20 Page 49. La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1998). Orchidaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 11(2) Pages 367 - 368. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 128. 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 94. Williamson, G. (1990). New Orchids from the Flora Zambesiaca Region Kirkia 13(2) Pages 250 - 251. Protologue (Includes a picture). |
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