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Disa cephalotes subsp. cephalotes

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Terrestrial herb, slender, geophyte, 0.2-0.5 m high; with root tubers. Leaves cauline, narrowly lanceolate to linear, up to 200 mm long, hard. Inflorescence subcapitate; flowers many, white, darker spots on sepal apices. Sepals 5-8 mm long; median sepal galeate; spur slender, horizontal, 3-6 mm long. Lip strap-shaped, 6 mm long, pendent. Flowering time Jan., Feb.
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Erect herb, up to 0.5 m high, slender, without separate sterile shoots. Leaves lax, cauline, linear, hard. Flowers: inflorescence subcapitate; floral bracts dry, acuminate; sepals 5-8 mm long; spur slender, tapering, 3-6 mm long; viscidia 2 on a 3-lobed rostellum; perianth white; Jan., Feb.
Flowers white; plants 200-500 mm tall; leaves generally linear and hard.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.5
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Disa cephalotes subsp. cephalotes world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77168171-1
WFO ID wfo-0000944323
COL ID 7YHL5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Disa cephalotes subsp. cephalotes
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