Records determined by Philip Cribb

Locally frequent but not widespread herb from rhizome; leaves and bracts green; outer tepals light purple; labellum light purple spotted with deeper spots; upper petals light purple; rostellum darker purple.

Planta verde e carnuda fixada no caule da Vitex doniana

Frequent herb among rocks above falls; petals creamy white, yellow at base; rostellum yellow.

Epiphyte in Brachystegia. Plant thick, succulent. Velamen shiny white. Young fruits dark green.

Rare; growing on Baikiae plurijuga; in Kalahari woodland; leaves blue-green; fruits creamish green.

Green leaves, inflorescence axillary, grey roots.

Rare among sedges and Typha, 1 m tall; from fleshy rhizome; inflorescence stalk green and speckled deeper purple-red; pedicel green with red spots; outer petals maroon; upper 2 petals light yellow; labellum yellow with red, central platform with deep yellow; rostellulm light yellow-green tipped in maroon.

Occasional from rhizome; lowest leaf sheath white with purple streaks and tinged purple; outer ("upper") tepals purple-red; upper two petals pink outside white inside; rostellum white; labellum cup-like, green at base, streaked red-purple to pink at middle, dark purple-pink at middle, dark purple-pink at lobe outside; pink streaked, dark purple inside to pink and purple-pink at lip.

Terrestrial orchid to c. 30 cm tall, largely leafless; swollen white rootstock. Tepals pink, short rounded spur yellowish, throat white with mauve speckling, labellum with brownish central area.

Annual plant about 40 to 60 cm tall, with white bulb, light purple flowers.

Rare herb in woodland, from rhizome; lower petals green with purple color at base, becoming brown and dried in older flowers; upper petals pink outside, white at base and inside; labellum white with yellow on shallow spur outside, purple at platform with dark purple-maroon at ridges; ridges yellow; rostellum white.

3 outer purple-green petals, 3 inner bright purple petals, white rostrum. Fused anthers to petals.

Rare in woodland from flattened rhizome; inflorescence stalk speckled purple; outer petals pink-purple; upper petal pink-purple; labellum deep purple with greenish flanks; rostellum dark purple; stigma green.

Frequent along banks of river and spreading up slopes; pseudo bulbs and root with velamen; pedicel maroon; outer petals green-yellow spotted purple-maroon; 2 upper petals yellow outside, white inside; labellum yellow outside; spur maroon; platform yellow, maroon in throat; pollinia orange.

Herb; 60 cm, erect from fleshy roots. Leaves thick, waxy, whitish below. Flower buds white to green, showy. Adjacent to river bank.

Occasional among grasses; lowest leaf white with black nerves; all tepals green; rostellum white.

Herb; 30 cm, erect from fleshy roots. Leaves thick, glossy above; dull, whitish-green below. Infructescence bracts pale green. Young fruits green, on rocky slopes, grassy areas.

Terrestrial; in flat plains; ca. 25 cm tall; stems soft light green; leaves light green, sheathed at base; flowers white.

Small 10 cm tall plant. Locally common ca. 60 m from stream in open woodland. White corolla with yellow fused anther.

Occasional in woodland on slopes; from watery, fleshy corm; stalk purplish; bracts green; ovary purple; outer petals green; labellum white with red nerving inside and out; ridges white and pink; rostellum green with purple.

Locally abundant but not widespread among rocks, from fleshy root; bracts orange; all petals orange; rostellum lighter orange; young fruits light orange.

Rare; on rocks; among mosses; inflorescence sheaths light purple; corolla parts light purple, appear hooded; labellum light yellow-green.

Creeping epiphytic or epilithic orchid with pseudobulbs. Leaves strongly purplish.

Rare widely scattered herb; root not recovered; leaves light green; stems light yellow-green; inflorescence bracts light green with light pink edges and midrib below; upper tepals fused, light pink out and in with dark pink lobe and streaks inside; lower petals darker pink inside.

Erect terrestrial orchid to 60 cm tall with swollen ovoid tuber, strongly angular stems. Bracts green in lower portion, turning white distally. Tepals pale green externally, white within, labellum 2-lobed with broad central notch, yellow centrally.

Rare in marshy area; bracts tipped in white; upper petals white; labellum yellow, from rhizome; fruits green; flowers becoming brown after pollination.

Frequent in the wettest spots; stalk white; leaves light green; all petals white; subtending bract white with green base; labellum petal white on lobes, yellow in center; rostellum yellow, from fleshy root.

Abundant in wet area; stems reddish; ovary maroon; "hood" maroon; spurs maroon; petals light green.

Occasional; on Brachystegia, 8 m up on lateral branches; erect; leaf sheaths dull yellow, leaves green; nectary spur green; petals all orange-yellow with lighter yellow rostellum [Living Collection also at MO].

Planta parasita de folhas alongadas paraleninevia alternada, rais carnudas adventicias sobre uma rocha

Rare on tree branch; all petals light orange-brown; pollinia yellow.