Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.524223 172.63842
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, 188 Peterborough Street
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 148/88
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
24-MAR-1988
Start date:
1988-03-24
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
In semi-shade near fence in open site.
Notes:
Deciduous perennial forming large rounded and flattened corm 10-15cm diameter. Leaves purplish-petioled; lamina purple below, marbled pale and dark green above; veins impressed. Flowers pendent, deep pink; corolla segments c.22 x 12mm, obovate, ± erect (bent backwards from pendent tube), crimson at base. Scape coiling up after flowering.