Satyrium carneum

Satyrium carneum
Flower of Satyrium carneum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diseae
Subtribe: Satyriinae
Genus: Satyrium
Species: S. carneum
Binomial name
Satyrium carneum
Synonyms

Satyrium carneum is a species of orchid endemic to southwestern Cape Province.It is a robust terrestrial up to from 370mm to 710mm tall. Leaves 2 to 4,thick and fleshy, lower 2 partly pressed onto the ground, 70mm to 230mm long, with gradual transition to the sheaths higher up.

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