Satyrium carneum (Dryand.) Sims 1812 SUBGENUS Satyrium
Photos by © Cameron McMaster
Smaller Plant in situ South Africa
Larger Plant in situ South Africa
Photos by Tyrone Genade ©
Common Name or Meaning The Fleshy Satyrium - Rooi-kappie - Rooi-trewwa - Ewwa-trewwa
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in eastern to southeastern South Africa among sand dune brush, in fynbos on coastal hills and on ridges on moist to dry sands and limestones as a medium to large sized, cold growing terrestrtial arising from bifid tubers giving rise to 2 to 4, thick, fleshy, lowest 2 adpressed to the ground, gradual transition above to the sheaths above leaves that blooms in the spring on a stout, dense, 10" [25 cm] long, 19 to 38 flowered inflorescnece with partly deflexed, minutely ciliate bracts that are almost 2 times as long as the ovary and carries fragrant flowers
Synonyms *Orchis carnea Dryand. 1789; Orchis foliacea Burm.f. 1768;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 5 257- 320 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1974; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 #3 1993 photo fide; African Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzwell 1999 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 69 No 1 2000 photo fide; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 2 Part One Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2001 photo fide; The Cape Orchids Vol 2 Liltved & Johnson 2012 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #11 2014 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #3 2016 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #2 2019 photo fide;
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