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Andrew Hankey Albertina Sisulu Orchid Walter Sisulu NBG This perennial grassland orchid stands about 300 to 400 mm high when in flower during the latter part ... fungus (mycorrhiza) to germinate the seed, and grow with the orchid in a symbiotic relationship. It is thought that this relationship may be ...
Eulophia horsfallii
Plant... in full flower, E. horsfallii is a large terrestrial orchid producing several broad, erect, heavily pleated leaves and a robust ... by short, cylindrical stems, similar to those of the popular orchid genus Cymbidium . In its natural habitat, E. horsfallii ...
Eulophia welwitschii
Plant... Eulophia welwitschii is a perennial, terrestrial orchid, about 800 mm high, with underground corms, and stiffly erect leaves ... A great deal of research has been done on the germination of orchid seeds. The embryo grows in symbiosis with threads of a fungal mycelium, ...
Satyrium rhodanthum
PlantKaveesha Naicker None recorded CREW This exuberant orchid grows in moist grasslands to heights of about 250 to 400 mm. The plant ... Satyrium rhodanthum is a terrestrial orchid which persists in the summer-rainfall region of South Africa. Orchids ...
Disa nivea
Plant... disa CREW Disa nivea is a semi-robust terrestrial orchid, up to 400 mm tall. Leaves are rigid, erect and overlapping. ... a long-proboscis fly. Thus the pollinator is deceived by the orchid, visits it and pollinates it, but gets no reward. The dark red speckled ...
Disa cardinalis
Plant... the plants grow. This water-dispersal is very unusual in the orchid family (where the seeds are normally wind-dispersed) but is also known ... sometimes called the world's largest-flowered ground orchid. In the 1970s a red Disa , thought to be a colour form of D. ...
Eulophia horsfallii at Kirstenbosch
Information Library itemSource: Veld & Flora 86(1)16-181 | Copyright: Botanical Society
An unusual orchid makes itself at home in Kirstenbosch after careful cultivation in the Garden's bulb nursery. Duncan Graham orchid kirstenbosch geophytes bulbs Botanical Society Eulophia horsfallii ...
Monodora junodii
Plant... without teeth. Flowers solitary (hence the name), orchid-like, green or yellow-green with liver-coloured spots, or some petals ... part of a bush clump, preferably near a busy area where the orchid-like flowers can be enjoyed to best advantage. Pooley suggests that ...
Mystacidium capense
Plant... (Zulu) KwaZulu-Natal NBG This showy epiphytic orchid is found on trees in the warm, drier woodlands of southern Africa. The ... as a protective and love charm. It is in great demand by orchid growers. Mystacidium capense ...
Xerophyta retinervis
Plant... retinervis is the host plant for the rare epiphytic orchid Polystachya zuluensis, which has lilac flowers very similar to its ... orchids and ferns. Confiscated plants, used as epiphytic orchid bases by illegal gatherers brought to the KwaZulu-Natal National ...