Operation Wildflower
  • Home
  • Albums
  • Links
    • Botanical Gardens
    • OWF Sites
    • Public Parks, Gardens and Reserves
    • Reference Sites
    • Private Parks, Gardens and Reserves
  • Information
    • About Us
    • Articles
    • Contact Us
    • Disclaimer
    • Glossary
    • Plant Records
      • Aloes
      • Bulbs
      • Climbers
      • Cycads
      • Euphorbias
      • Ferns
      • Grasses
      • Herbs
      • Orchids
      • Parasites
      • Shrubs
      • Succulents
      • Trees
    • Sources of Information
    • Subject Index
Home Home » TYPES » Orchids » Bartholina etheliae flower near Barrydale
Back to Category Overview
Total images in all categories: 12,068
Total number of hits on all images: 7,363,043

Bartholina etheliae flower near Barrydale

Bartholina etheliae flower near Barrydale
Start View full size
[Please activate JavaScript in order to see the slideshow]
Previous Previous
Image 25 of 82  
Next Next
Image 27 of 82  
  • Ansellia africana hardly marked
  • Ansellia africana pale markings
  • Ansellia africana winged lip
  • Bartholina burmanniana
  • Bartholina burmanniana
  • Bartholina burmanniana leaf
  • Bartholina etheliae
  • Bartholina etheliae
  • Bartholina etheliae flower near Barrydale
  • Bartholina etheliae in renosterveld shade
  • Bulbophyllum sandersonii
  • Calanthe sylvatica
  • Calanthe sylvatica colours
  • Calanthe sylvatica flowers
  • Centrostigma occultans
  • Centrostigma occultans flower
  • Centrostigma occultans leaves

Image information

Description

This terrestrial Orchid is found from Namibia southwards along the South African west and south coasts. It also grows in parts of the Karoo. Bartholina etheliae is considered vulnerable because of habitat reduction.

There are only two species of Bartholina, the other being B. burmanniana with very similar appearance, but lacking the tiny spherical knobs at the tips of the lip segments. These unusual needle-like segments characterising the members of this small genus may be either white or purple in the case of B. etheliae (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok 2010).

Hits
3151
Photographer
Hildegard Crous
Author
Ivan Latti
 
Back to Category Overview
Powered by JoomGallery