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Spike Orchids
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Spike Orchids

Pachites

Pachites is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains two known species, both endemic to South Africa. One of these, Pachites appressus, is very rare.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Seep Spike Orchid

speciesPachites bodkinii

Langeberg Spike Orchid

speciesPachites appressus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 576987.