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Holothrix socotrana
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Holothrix socotrana is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen, where it grows in the dense shade of thickets in semi-deciduous montane woodland in the Hajhir Mountains from 800 to 1000 metres elevation.[1]
It is an herb up to 20 cm tall, with two broadly ovate leaves 6 by 4 cm growing flat to the ground, and 10 to 20 flower spikes. Flowers are about 6 mm in diameter, green in color with five subequale lobes growing from a cup-shaped base, and a spur 2 mm in length.[1]
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