Author: | Robert
Allen Rolfe, 1898 |
Family: |
ORCHIDACEAE |
Origin: |
Malawi,
Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Soil: |
Sand - Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
5
Centimetres |
Height: |
30 (90) Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Creamy -
White |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the Orchidaceae family was
given this name by Robert Allen Rolfe in 1898. It is only found in
Malawi,
Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, growing in sand or another well
drained soil with some water and some sun. The rhizome can grow
to five centimetres, the leaves from fifteen to 45 centimetres and
the inflorescence with the white to cream coloured flowers to 90
centimetres. The genera
name from the word satyr; in Greek mythology, satyrs
were woodland demigods, half man and half goat, lustful companions
of Bacchus. The species name after the Shire Highlands in Southern
Malawi where the type was collected. |