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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Terrestrial herb, 30-85 cm tall. Leaves up to 10 along the stem, lowermost sheathing, linear-lanceolate, up to 14.5 cm long. Inflorescence up to 17 cm long, densely many-flowered. Flowers green. Dorsal sepal erect; lateral sepals erect or spreading. Petals erect, twisted and folded around the column, serrated in the apical part. Lip 3-lobed; lobes linear, joined at the base for c. 3 mm; midlobe longest, 9-12 mm long. Spur pendent, 4-7 mm long, slightly bifid at the apex. |
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Tanzania |
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Flowering time: | Mar - Apr |
Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Zambia (Nyika), Malawi and Mt Namuli, Mozambique. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | E |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Mc |
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Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 333. La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 159. La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 106. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 124. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 140. Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 74 - 75. (Includes a picture). |
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