Satyrium amblyosaccos Schltr.

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Along road to Chozi View, Nyika National Park.

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Synonyms:	Satyrium papillosum Schltr.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Terrestrial herb 20–65 cm high; tubers more or less ovoid, up to 3.5 cm long. Sterile shoot 3–4-leaved, lower 2–3 leaves sheath-like, upper leaves lanceolate, up to 18 long. Flowering stem with 5–9 leaves, largest erect, in the middle of the stem, more or less lanceolate, 10–17 cm long, loosely sheathing at base. Inflorescence fairly densely many-flowered, 5–20 cm long. Flowers white, tipped with green; bracts prominent, up to 30 mm long, reflexed or sometimes spreading. Sepals and petals deflexed, joined to each other in basal half and to lip in basal third. Median sepal oblong-oblanceolate, 6–10 mm long, rounded; lateral sepals slightly shorter but wider. Petals slightly shorter than sepals, oblanceolate, c. 1 mm wide. Lip very convex , 6–9 mm long, with a wide mouth and a beak-like apex c. 2 mm long. Spurs 2–3 mm long, short and sac-like.
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Habitat:	Montane grassland, Brachystegia woodland, sometimes in marshy areas.
Altitude range:	1200 - 2350 m
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Malawi distribution:	N,S
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Content last updated:	Monday 25 March 2019
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 333. Fischer, E., Killmann, D., Delepierre, G. & Lebel, J-P. (2010). The Orchids of Rwanda Koblenz Geographical Colloquia Series Biogeographical Monographs 2 Page 386. (Includes a picture). La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 220. La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 147. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 124. Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 97 - 98. (Includes a picture).

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