(Pterygodium acutifolium)

Pterygodium acutifolium, Lindl. 1838 (Kew)

Pterygodium acutifolium is a species in the Pterygodium genus. This name is accepted name for the species in the family Orchidaceae subfamily Orchidoideae, tribe Diseae, subtribe Coryciinae, . This species is found in SW. & S. Cape Prov..

Pterygodium acutifolium of the Orchidaceae Family is endemic to the Western & Eastern Cape.
Pollinated by oil collecting bees, I’m told.
These were 10cm in size and found in a seepage area of the Kogelberg sandy flats.
They flower mostly after fire...
Jenny Parsons