Pterygodium magnum

    Pterygodium magnum
    Author: Ivan Lätti
    Photographer: Judd Kirkel Welwitch

    Pterygodium magnum is the biggest South African terrestrial orchid. It is said to produce up to 100 flowers in an inflorescence during a good year, making it a good match for the Drakensberg, the biggest mountains of the country.

    This orchid is often found growing among ouhout trees (Leucosidea sericea) in the montane grassland (Manning, 2009; Pooley, 1998; iNaturalist; JSTOR; https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org).

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