Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl.

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Calanthe sylvatica is a species of orchid. It is native to tropical and southern Africa from Sierra Leone to Tanzania to South Africa, as well as Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius and Réunion.

Calanthe sylvatica - Wikipedia

A robust, terrestrial orchid with large, pale lilac or purple blooms during summer.

Description

A terrestrial evergreen plant with pseudobulbs, that grows up to 750 mm tall. A few (3-5), simple, green, elliptic lanceolate leaves with thin tips are arranged in a basal rosette (clustered at the base). They are erect and pleated, with a stalk-like base, venation is parallel, margins are entire and scalloped at the base.

Inflorescences are 500-600 mm tall, erect and held above the leaves, covered with soft hairs, bearing multiple flowers in varying sizes. Sepals are ovate to lanceolate, acute, 19 mm long. Petals are elliptic to oblanceolate, 3-lobed at the base, with a slender S-shaped spur. Flowers are pale lilac to purple, with an orange throat, borne from late spring all through summer (Nov.-Mar.).

 

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