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Bartholina etheliae
Bartholina etheliae is a terrestrial orchid native to southern Africa, found from Namibia down the west coast and along the southern Cape into the Karoo. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, and it needs a dry, well-drained habitat with a winter rainfall pattern to thrive.
Bartholina etheliae is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is widespread in Southern Africa from Namibia down the west coast of the Northern and Western Cape and then along the southern Cape coast as far east as Port Elizabeth. It also is found well into the Karoo.
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