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Terrestrial herb, stout, 50-100 cm tall; stem leafy; leaves 8-12, the lowermost sheathing, the next 2-4 large, lanceolate, borne near stem base, to 23-28x c. 7,5 cm, the upper ones decreasing in size, becoming bract-like; inflorescence 3-24 cm long, 4-5 cm Ø, densely 6-20-50-70-flowered; flowers pink, or white flushed with pink, scent faintly soapy-sweet; bracts lanceolate,16-25x5 mm, reflexed; ovary 9-14 mm long; sepals and petals projecting forwards; sepals oblong, 7-10-15x1-3 mm, the laterals wider than dorsal; petals slightly shorter and narrower; lip 8-13 mm long, with a prominent dorsal crest, very concave, hooded, apex reflexed, mouth wide; spurs slender, tapering, 7-65 mm long, parallel to ovary. |
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Satyrium hallackii Bolus subsp. hallackii
