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OrchidMAP:   4289
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2729DD
Observer:   Rautenbach Clinton
Date of record:   2016-12-09
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Many of these plants coming up all over the farm again this year. Of course, a positive ID will not be possible until they flower, but given the hundreds of specimens I recorded here last year, it is most likely that these plants are the same species.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:45
Sp. code:   250239
Species name:   Bonatea sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Orchidaceae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Bonatea antennifera
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=OrchidMAP-4289
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4289 - photo: 1
VM-number: 4289 - photo: 2
VM-number: 4289 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Craig Peter
Comment:   Sterile Almost certainly Bonatea antennifera - ID: 250240 as you point out, but without flowers best to be conservative
Date:   2016-12-21 07:12:21
Species name:   Bonatea sp.
Species code:   250239

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