Brachycorythis lastii Rolfe 1898

Plant and Flowers in situ Zimbabwe

Photo by Bart Wursten ©, and his Flora Of Zimbabwe WebSite

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Common Name Last's Brachycorythis

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Zaire, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe in Brachystegia woodland and at the edges of low altitude riverine forest at elevations of 500 to 1800 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial leafless saprophyte that is lacking all chlorophyll. The 1 to 4, erect flowers seem to arise straight from the humus covered ground with a few dark brown sheaths at the base. The flowers are very showy and have a strong lemon scent and occur in the later spring.

Synonyms ; Brachycorythis schlechteri Geerinck 1982; Schwartzkopffia angolensis Schltr. 1921; Schwartzkopffia lastii (Rolfe) Schltr. 1914

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Schwartzkopffia lastii; Flora Of Tropical East Africa Part 1 Summerhayes 1968 as Schwartzkopffia lastii; The Epiphytic Orchids of Malawi Morris 1970 as Schwartzkopffia lastii; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 4 193 to 256 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1973 as Scwartzkopfia lastii; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 4 193 to 256 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1973 as Scwartzkopfia angolensis; The Orchids of South Central Africa Williamson 1977 as Schwartzkopffia lastii drawing fide; Flore D'Afrique Centrale [Zaire- Rwands - Burundi] Orhidaceae Premeir parte Geerink 1984 drawing fide; Flore D'Afrique Centrale [Zaire- Rwands - Burundi] Orhidaceae Premeir parte Geerink 1984 as B schlechteri drawing fide; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Part 1 Pope 1995 as Schwartzkopffia lastii drawing/photo fide; Terrestrial African Orchids, A select Review John S. Ball 2009 drawing fide drawing fide

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