Satyrium fimbriatum Summerh. 1932
Plant and Flowers in situ Photos by © Bob Campbell
Collection sheet by © E J Honore and The Kew Database Website
LATER 
Common Name The Hairy Satyrium [refers to the hairy floral parts of the flower]
Flower Size .5" [1.3 cm]
Found in Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania in open grasslands near streams and forest margins and also on stony slopes and on rock lerdges at elevations of 2000 to 3300 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with 1 to 2, ovoid to ellipsoid tubers giving rise to an erect stem with just a few, spaced out along the length sheaths and carrying 2 basal, adpressed to the ground, broadly ovate to reniform leaves that blooms in the later spring through summer on a terminal, erect, 1.6 to 5.2" [ 4 to 13 cm] long, 6 to 12 flowered inflorescence with erect, acute, brownish, similar to the sheaths floral bracts.
"A remarkable species whose nearest relatives are S membranaceum and S priniceps both South African species . The most striking feature is the lacerate or fimbriate margins of the petals and of the apex of the lip. The occurrence of a new species of this affinity so remote geographically from the two older species is particularly interesting, especially as neither of the southern species occurs in Natal or the Transvaal." Summerhayes 1932
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 343 Summerhayes 1932
Orchids of East Africa Piers 1968 photo fide;
Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 1 Summerhayes 1968 drawing fide;
Orchids of Kenya Stewart & Campbell 1996 photo fide;
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