Black-tipped green orchid

Found on sandy flats growing in between grass . Tallest orchid was about 25cm (can grow to 42cm) Many lance shape leaves,I did not see barred purple-red on the lower leaves.Dense raceme with many yellow-green flowers with purplish-brown tips. Unpleasantly scented. It is widespread in the winter rainfall Cape Province and blooms September to October.

Identifications

• likely ID 
  Bastertrewwa (Corycium orobanchoides) by Jeltje at 10:07 pm 29/09/13

  Confidence: It might be this.

  Notes: So named because it resembles the parasitic Orobanche
  ID agreements (): 3 people agree with this identification.

  • tony rebelo
    
    
  • Kenneth Oberlander
  • caspervanzyl
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Species interactions

No interactions present.

Other observations of Bastertrewwa (Corycium orobanchoides)