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Satyrium outeniquense Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Satyrium

Characteristics

Plants slender, (100-) 140-220 (-280) mm tall; leaves 2-4, lowest close to the ground, 10-40 mm long. Inflorescences lax, (2-) 6-15 (-20)-flowered; bracts glabrous, deflexed, 1.2-2.6 times the length of the 8-10 mm long ovary. Flowers pale greenish yellow. Sepals and petals oblong, obtuse, free almost to the base, forming a loose tube with the lip for half the length, deflexed above; sepals 6-7 mm long; lateral sepals curving partly sideways; petals slightly smaller with somewhat crisped margins. Lip spurs 12-16 mm long. Stigma transversely elliptic, truncate, 1.5 mm long; rostellum deeply keeled, 1.5 mm long, with small appendix.
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Plants terrestrial, slender, 0.10-0.28 m high. Leaves 2-4, lowest close to the ground, 10-40 mm long. Inflorescence lax, 6-15-flowered; bracts glabrous, deflexed. Flowers pale greenish yellow. Sepals 6-7 mm long, oblong, obtuse, free almost to base, forming loose tube with lip, deflexed; lateral sepals curving sideways. Petals similar, slightly smaller, margins crisped. Lip taller than deep, apical flap 2 mm long, bent back, margins undulate; spur slender, 12-16 mm long. Flowering time Oct., Nov.
Slender, tuberous geophyte to 30 cm. Leaves 2-4, basal, bracts deflexed. Flowers few in a lax raceme, pale yellow, lip with 2 spurs 12-16 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.28
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Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 5-6
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Images

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Distribution

Satyrium outeniquense world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:657054-1
WFO ID wfo-0000304838
COL ID 6XPWZ
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Synonyms

Satyrium outeniquense
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