Botanical name
Satyrium rhynchanthumFamily
OrchidaceaeDescription
Plants up to 40cm tall. Leaves spreading to partly erect, linear, lanceolate. Inflorescence rather dense with 10-40 flowers, white to pale-pink with dark purple spots inside the lip, spur and on petal bases. Spurs conical, 5-6mm long facing backwards. Bracts fully deflexed.
Habitat
In fynbos marshes or moist slopes
Flower Date
November to December - after fire