PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / ASPARAGALES / ORCHIDACEAE / ORCHIDOIDEAE / ORCHIDEAE / HUTTONAEA / OREOPHILA
Plants erect, 150-250 mm tall; leaves distant, not petiolate, blade of the lower patent, cordate, broadly elliptic, very obtuse, apiculate, 30-50 x 25-35 mm, upper rather reduced, often only present as a sheath. Inflorescences laxly 2-4-flowered, 30-50 mm long; bracts narrowly lanceolate, shorter than the ovary. Flowers to 20 mm in diameter, white. Sepals unequal, margins finely dentate; median lorate, united with the claws of the petals; laterals quadrate-rhomboid, 6 mm long. Petals spathulate, erect with the blades often curved forwards, claws 4-5 mm long and largely fused, blades fan-shaped, concave with a callus near the base, margins finely fimbriate. Lip transversely elliptic, finely and irregularly fimbriate, 7 x 12 mm. Gynostemium short; anther thecae diverging towards the base, 2.5 mm long. From: Kurzweil, H; Linder, HP. 1999. Orchids of Southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. [All rights reserved]
Plants erect, 0.15-0.25 m high. Leaves not petiolate; lower leaf patent, cordate, broadly elliptic, obtuse, apiculate, 30-50 x 25-35 mm; upper leaf much reduced. Inflorescences lax, 2-4-flowered. Flowers white, up to 20 mm in diam. Sepals unequal, margins finely dentate; median sepal lorate, united with petal claws; lateral sepals quadrate-rhomboid, 6 mm long. Petals spathulate, erect, curved forwards, claws 4-5 mm long, fused, blades fan-shaped, concave, with callus near base, margins fimbriate. Lip transverse elliptic, finely fimbriate, 7 x 12 mm. Flowering time Feb. From: Bredenkamp, CL; Bredenkamp, GJ; Archer, C; Meyer, NL. 2019. Orchidaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(3): 1890-1958. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
High altitude damp grassland. From: Kurzweil, H; Linder, HP. 1999. Orchids of Southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. [All rights reserved]
Damp marshy grassland. Drakensberg Grassland. From: Bredenkamp, CL; Bredenkamp, GJ; Archer, C; Meyer, NL. 2019. Orchidaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(3): 1890-1958. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Very local in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. From: Kurzweil, H; Linder, HP. 1999. Orchids of Southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. [All rights reserved]
1300 to 2200 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Asparagales
FAMILY Orchidaceae
SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae
TRIBE Orchideae
GENUS Huttonaea
SPECIES oreophila
13 results for Huttonaea oreophila Schltr.
Barcode: NH0013187-0 Collector(s) & number: Unknown, s.n. | 1904-2-
South Africa, Free State, Van Reenen.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0156884-0 Collector(s) & number: Steiner, KE, 1220 | 1986-3-6
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Royal Natal National Park. Path to Tugela Gorge. Altitude c.1630 m.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0084362-0 Collector(s) & number: Reid, C, 971 | 1985-2-4
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Giants Castle Game Reserve, Forest Walk.
General notes: Forest, in deep leaf-mould. Small colonies. Individuals connected by long rhizomes. Flowers white.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0011874-0 Collector(s) & number: Medley-Wood, J, 10764 | 1908-1-22
South Africa, Free State, Van Reenen.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0156861-0 Collector(s) & number: Steiner, KE, 1218 | 1986-3-6
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Royal Natal National Park, path to Tugela Gorge. Altitude c.1570 m.
General notes: Rare on moist red clay bank, E-facing, next to path. Corolla white.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0007019-0 Collector(s) & number: Schlechter, FRR, 6931 | 1895-3-
South Africa, Free State, Van Reenen.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0142815-0 Collector(s) & number: Thode, HJ, 3863 | 1908-2-
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Van Reenen's Pass.
General notes: In dense bush, on boulders. Altitude ca. 5000'. Several inches high. Flowers white.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0039882-0 Collector(s) & number: Killick, DJB, 1458 | 1951-3-2
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Bergville Dist.; Cathedral Peak Forest Research Station.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2019
SERIES CHAPTER
Orchidaceae Bredenkamp, CL; Bredenkamp, GJ; Archer, C; Meyer, NLIn: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(3)1890-1958
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
1999
No results found for Huttonaea oreophila Schltr.
Status and criteria
LC
Assessor(s)
Plantae Coordinator
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