''Bartholina'' is an orchid genus native to

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and

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

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/ref> A member of the Fynbos plant kingdom, ''Bartholina'' is also known as the "spider orchid". The common name comes from the array of long, narrow petal lobes that surround the flower, said to resemble the legs of a spider. The genus is named after the seventeenth century Danish scientist

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. Two species are recognized: * ''

Bartholina burmanniana ''Bartholina burmanniana'', the spider orchid, is a species of deciduous, geophyte, geophytic, flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is one of two species within the ''Bartholina'' genus, the other being ''B. etheliae''. The species’ co ...

'' (L.) Ker Gawl. (syn, ''Bartholina pectinata'') -

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* '' Bartholina etheliae'' Bolus -

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* * Orchideae genera Orchids of South Africa Flora of Namibia {{Orchidoideae-stub