Species Satyrium longicauda
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Etymology of Satyrium:
Referring to the two-horned satyr, a demigod in Greek mythology, half man, half goat; possibly from satyrion, a name used by Dioscorides and Pliny the Elder for an orchid, Aceras anthropophorum, from the presumed aphrodisiacal properties possessed by the plant. The satyrs were closely associated with Dionysius. The allusion is to the two-spurred lip.
Scientific name:
Satyrium longicauda Lindl.
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Stout tuberous geophyte to 80 cm. Leaves 1 or 2, ovate, on a separate shoot next to flowering stem, bracts deflexed. Flowers many in a lax raceme, white to pink and usually partly with pink tinge, spurs filiform, 15--46 mm long. Dec.--Feb. Moist grassland, SE (Plettenberg Bay to tropical Africa).
Observations of Taxon
Satyrium longicauda var. jacottetianum
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CE van Ginkel or CJ Cilliers (David)
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Satyrium longicauda
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Janet M. Gibson (David)
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Satyrium longicauda
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Auriol Batten (David)
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Satyrium longicauda
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Elsa Pooley (David)
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Satyrium longicauda
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Elsa Pooley (David)
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