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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Differs from var. johnstonii in the flowers opening wide, the sepals and petals being predominantly pink, sometimes tinged with green and the lip, which is deep purple-pink. |
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| Habitat: | Growing on Xerophyta trunks on hillsides and mountain tops. |
| Altitude range: | 1350 - 2200 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Restricted to the Shire Highlands in Southern Malawi. |
| Malawi distribution: | S |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Cribb, P.J. & La Croix, I. (1997). Two new Orchids from the Flora Zambesiaca Area Pages 1102 - 1104. Protologue La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1998). Orchidaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 11(2) Pages 351 - 352. Moriarty, A. (1975). Wild Flowers of Malawi Purnell & sons Cape Town. Pages 55 - 56. As Polystachya johnstonii (Includes a picture). |
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