Platycoryne latipetala Summerh. 1958 Drawing by © Judi Stone

LATE EARLY

Common Name The Broad Petal Platycoryne

Flower Size

Found in Zaire and Zambia in perrenially wet boggy grasslands at elevations around 1400 meters as a medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with ovoid tubers giving rise to an erect stem carrying a few, spread out, sheathing leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, short, dense, to 6 flowered inflorescence carrying bright yellow flowers.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of South Central Africa Williamson 1977 drawing fide; Flore D'Afrique Centrale [Zaire- Rwands - Burundi] Orhidaceae Premeir parte Geerink 1984; Flore D'Afrique Centrale [Zaire- Rwands - Burundi] Orhidaceae Premeir parte Geerink 1984 as P latipetala var grandiflora; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 1 Pope 1995 drawing fide

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