Orchids Zimbabwe
The orchid team at kew are concentrating their fieldwork on two parts of the world where plant especially orchid diversity is extremely high but where our botanical knowledge is still sketchy at best.
Orchids zimbabwe. Roses do grow in zimbabwe. Orchids in zimbabwe there are indigenous orchids in zimbabwe and some of them in this web album are indigenous some are not. A web site containing information about the flora of zimbabwe. The zimbabwe orchid society of 75 years meets once a month on the first sunday of the month at 0930am.
Polystachya zambesiaca is found in malawi mozambique south africa tanzania zambia and zimbabwe. In the transvaal region of south africa this orchid occurs in mountain. Asparagales orchidaceae orchid family. Available the new orchid records will be added to this guide so that it remains as complete as possible.
Field guide to the plants of northern botswana including the okavango delta kew publishing page 301. We have very knowledgeable speakers at our meetings and sometime workshops. Posted by odette h lind at 407 am 1 comment. They are however magnificent and i wanted to share them with you.
Home list of families orchidaceae. Orchids in bloom in harare. A list of epiphytic orchids of zimbabwe excelsa 20 page 49. These are indochina laos cambodia and vietnam and new guinea.
The orchids in zimbabwe is found mostly in ravines and rocky outcrops in altitudes above 1300m in the eastern districts. Additional useful information on the orchids of zimbabwe can be found in the following publications. The aerial roots and thick pointed leaves alternate up the stem which can grow up to nine metres. Unfortunately it is far from easy to obtain adequate funding for this work.
Members bring blooming orchids for judging a gift for the raffle and chairs. 1993 terrestrial orchids in zimbabwe. The strong dark green climbing stems are fixed firmly in the ground and grow up the trunks and branches of trees. There are indigenous orchids in zimbabwe and some of them in this web album are indigenous some are not.
As ansellia gigantea var. 1978 southern african epiphytic orchids. Excelsa 6 page 78. The epiphytic orchids of southern africa edited by jane browning.
A list of orchids indigenous in rhodesia. Orchids in bloom in harare.