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Orchid Species: Graphorkis comosa

Kew currently accepted name is Acrolophia capensis

Graphorkis comosa is an orchid species identified by (Sond.) Kuntze in 1891. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Acrolophia capensis.
Genus
Graphorkis (Grks.)
Grex
comosa
Parents
Species
Author
(Sond.) Kuntze
Year
1891
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ORIGIN: Found in Cape Province South Africa in fynbos and restio-veld and coastal scrub in sand at elevations of 100 to 1700 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Slender to robust, medium to large sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial that flowers in the spring and summer [October to January] in situ and has a tuft of ridgid, erect leaves and numerous, long, thick, fleshy roots and blooms on an erect, unbranched to branched, terminal, many flowered inflorescence.

FLOWER SIZE: 1.8 inches [4.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Acrolophia Apa capensis 1932 (P.J.Bergius) Fourc.
Add+ Acrolophia Apa comosa 1894 (Sond.) Schltr. & Bolus
Add+ Acrolophia Apa sphaerocarpa 1887 (Sond.) Pfitzer
Add+ Acrolophia Apa tristis 1887 (L.f.) Pfitzer
Add+ Eulophia Euph barbata 1826 Spreng.
Add+ Eulophia Euph comosa 1846 Sond.
Add+ Eulophia Euph sphaerocarpa 1846 Sond.
Add+ Eulophia Euph tristis 1826 (L.f.) Spreng.
Add+ Graphorkis Grks sphaerocarpa 1891 (Sond.) Kuntze
Add+ Graphorkis Grks tristis 1891 (L.f.) Kuntze
Add+ Limodorum Limo capense 1767 P.J.Bergius
Add+ Limodorum Limo triste 1794 (L.f.) Thunb.
Add+ Graphorkis Grks capensis 1891 (P.J.Bergius) Kuntze
Add+ Satyrium Satm triste 1782 L.f.
Add+ Serapias Srps capensis 1771 (P.J.Bergius) L.
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