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New orchid discovered in SA
21/12/2006 08:28 - (SA)
Johannesburg - A new species of orchid with beetroot-red leaves and a white flower has been discovered growing on a high mountain peak in South Africa, conservation officials said on Wednesday.
A member of the genus Disa, which is part of the orchid family, the new flower was found near the summit of the 2 026-metre high Sneeuberg, the highest mountain in the Cape's Cederberg range.
The new orchid was first spotted and photographed in 2004 by a field ranger for CapeNature, the conservation authority in the Western Cape province.
But experts were unable to identify the flower and the mystery caused a buzz in local botany circles.
Then in late November a team of botanists found about 40 of the orchids on the mountain.
"It was an arduous climb, straight up," said Tessa Oliver, a botanist from the University of Western Cape....
Read more at
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2047366,00.html
21/12/2006 08:28 - (SA)
Johannesburg - A new species of orchid with beetroot-red leaves and a white flower has been discovered growing on a high mountain peak in South Africa, conservation officials said on Wednesday.
A member of the genus Disa, which is part of the orchid family, the new flower was found near the summit of the 2 026-metre high Sneeuberg, the highest mountain in the Cape's Cederberg range.
The new orchid was first spotted and photographed in 2004 by a field ranger for CapeNature, the conservation authority in the Western Cape province.
But experts were unable to identify the flower and the mystery caused a buzz in local botany circles.
Then in late November a team of botanists found about 40 of the orchids on the mountain.
"It was an arduous climb, straight up," said Tessa Oliver, a botanist from the University of Western Cape....
Read more at
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2047366,00.html
Will quickly take the place of cardinalis or tripetaloides, then crossed back to uniflora, then crossed back to uniflora, then crossed back to uniflora...
