Pterygodium schelpei H.P.Linder 1988 SECTION Ommatodium
Photos by © Cameron McMaster and The Pacific Bulb Society Website
LATE 
Common Name The Fused Sepal Pterygodium
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm] wide
Found in western and southwestern Cape Province South Africa in sheltered locations on slopes at elevations up to 1050 meters as a mini-miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a slender stem carrying 2 to 3, basal one lorate to narrowly ovate, obtuse, upper ones narrower tapering towards the apex, acute leaves that blooms in the late winter and spring on a terminal, erect, 8 to 15 flowered inflorescence with deflexed, narrowly ovate, acute floral bracts and carries well open flowers that have a strong scent
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000; The Cape Orchids Vol 2 Liltved & Johnson 2012 photo fide;
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