Flora Detail

Common Name Scented Orchid, Ruiktrewwa, soettrewwa
Family Orchidaceae
Date Observed 20-09-2021
Category Bulbs/Rhizomes
Catalogue No. 7714RG
Flowering Time Spring
Colour Yellow
Locations Observed
Estuary
Koppie
Nature Reserve Few
Small Holding
Village
Greater Rooiels

Satyrium odorum

Information

Scented Orchid, Ruiktrewwa, soettrewwa

Inflorescence moderately dense bearing pale-green to yellowish flowers sometimes with a purple-brownish tinge. Strongly pungent-scented especially at night. 

Flowers and leaves eaten by dassies, tortoises. Bulbs eaten by porcupines, baboons.