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Corycium
''Corycium'' is a genus of terrestrial orchids comprising some 14 species in Eastern and Southern Africa including 10 species native to the fynbos. In South Africa they are called monkshood orchids. Their resting stage is a tuber and when growing they have many leaves scattered along the stem but concentrated near the base. The dense spikes of flowers are not particularly striking and are often brown, green or purple. The uppermost 3 tepals are connivent into a hood whilst the lateral sepals are almost united. The lip is joined to the column bearing an appendage that covers the anthers Species #''Corycium alticola'' Parkman & Schelpe - South Africa, Lesotho #'' Corycium bicolorum'' (Thunb.) Sw. - South Africa #''Corycium bifidum'' Sond. - South Africa #''Corycium carnosum'' (Lindl.) Rolfe in W.H.Harvey - South Africa #''Corycium crispum'' (Thunb.) Sw. - South Africa #''Corycium deflexum'' (Bolus) Rolfe in W.H.Harvey - South Africa #''Corycium dracomontanum'' Parkman & Schelpe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corycium Orobanchoides
''Corycium'' is a genus of terrestrial orchids comprising some 14 species in Eastern and Southern Africa including 10 species native to the fynbos. In South Africa they are called monkshood orchids. Their resting stage is a tuber and when growing they have many leaves scattered along the stem but concentrated near the base. The dense spikes of flowers are not particularly striking and are often brown, green or purple. The uppermost 3 tepals are connivent into a hood whilst the lateral sepals are almost united. The lip is joined to the column bearing an appendage that covers the anthers Species #'' Corycium alticola'' Parkman & Schelpe - South Africa, Lesotho #''Corycium bicolorum ''Corycium bicolorum'' is a species of orchid native to South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the So ...'' (Thunb.) Sw. - South Africa #'' Corycium bifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
