Pterygodium connivens Schelpe

Species

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Characteristics

Plants slender, to 200 mm; leaves 1-2, linear, to 110 x 14 mm. Inflorescences lax, to c. 90 mm long, 1-6-flowered; bracts ovate-acute, to c. 40 x 12 mm. Flowers 25 x 10 mm, yellowish-green; ovaries c. 17 mm long. Sepals connivent; median sepal narrowly lanceolate, c. 15-17 x 5 mm, adnate to the petals; lateral sepals lanceolate, falcate, acuminate, c. 15-17 x 5-6.5 mm. Petals linear, acuminate, falcate, as long as the median sepal. Lip very narrowly linear, c. 4 mm long; appendage cruciform, c. 8 mm tall, apex shortly bilobed, lateral lobes oblong, each c. 4.5 mm long. Stigma lobes at the base of the lip appendage posteriorly, 1 mm long; rostellum c. 1 mm tall, arms c. 3 mm long.
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Slender, tuberous geophyte to 25 cm. Leaves 1 or 2, linear. Flowers few in a lax raceme, ± 25 x 10 mm, yellowish green, sepals connivent, lip appendage cruciform, ± 8 mm tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Pterygodium connivens world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:900722-1
WFO ID wfo-0000288653
COL ID 4Q78H
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Synonyms

Pterygodium connivens