| Bartholina burmanniana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Genus: | Bartholina |
| Species: | B. burmanniana
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| Binomial name | |
| Bartholina burmanniana (L.) Ker Gawl.[1]
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Bartholina burmanniana, the spider orchid, is a species of deciduous, geophytic, flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae.[2] It is one of two species within the Bartholina genus, the other being B. etheliae.[3] The species’ common name refers to its spreading and deeply cut lip that is said to resemble a spider's legs.[4] It is native to the Eastern and the Western Cape Provinces of South Africa, flowering from the end of August to the middle of October and peaking in September.[3] This is one of the species sometimes referred to as "spider orchid".
Bartholina burmanniana is rarely found in colonies, growing in small groups or singly in a variety of habitats and soil types.[3] Mass flowering is observed after summer bush fires remove thick vegetation, creating an opportune environment for attracting pollinators.[3] Work undertaken in 2009 has proposed the long-proboscid tabanid fly, Philoliche rostrate, to be the pollinator of this species.[3]
- ^ "International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (September 6, 2019). "Bartholina burmanniana (L.) Ker Gawl". GBIF Secretariat. doi:10.15468/39omei.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b c d e Liltved, William Rune (2012). The Cape orchids : a regional monograph of the orchids of the Cape Floristic Region. Johnson, Steven (Professor), Cadell, Eleanor-Mary, Sandstone Estates (Firm). Cape Town, South Africa. ISBN 978-0-9870197-0-7. OCLC 809238451.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Duncan, Graham (February 2005). "515. Bartholina Burmanniana. Orchidaceae". Curtis's Botanical Magazine. 22 (1): 25–31. doi:10.1111/j.1355-4905.2005.00458.x. ISSN 1355-4905.