Disa begleyi L.Bolus

Species

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Characteristics

Plants 50-100 mm tall; leaves cauline, erect, imbricate, narrowly lanceolate, all approximately the same length, 20-35 mm long. Inflorescences dense, subcorymbose, 5-15-flowered; bracts shorter than the ovaries. Flowers not resupinate, pale pink, speckled darker. Median sepal reflexed, concave, elliptic, 6-7 mm long; spur obsolete; lateral sepals subfalcate, oblong, rounded, 7-9 mm long. Petals flanking the stigma, erect, more or less flat, oblong, narrowing towards rear, attached near the middle, 6-7 mm long. Lip patent, lorate to narrowly oblong, 3-4 mm long. Anther horiªzontal; stigma subsessile, equally tripulvinate; latªeral rostellum lobes erect, central lobe longer, reªflexed.
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Slender, tuberous geophyte to 10 cm. Leaves cauline, ± equal, lanceolate. Flowers few in a subcorymbose raceme, pale pink with darker speckles, lateral sepals oblong, 7-9 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.1
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Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Disa begleyi world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:630056-1
WFO ID wfo-0000944294
COL ID 36RXB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Disa begleyi