Disa esterhuyseniae Schelpe ex H.P.Linder

Species

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Characteristics

Plants slender, grass-like, c. 300 mm tall; radical leaves up to 10, hysteranthous, petioles 30-50 mm long, blades lorate to lanceolate, 20-30 mm long, margins undulate, cauline leaves lax, completely sheathing, c. 20 mm long. Inflorescences slender, lax; bracts about as long as the ovaries, acuminate. Flowers yellow-green suffused with brown. Median sepal erect, acuminate, galea 4 x 2 mm deep; spur cylindrical, horizontal, apex clavate and usually curved upwards, 6 mm long; lateral sepals lanceolate, acute, shallowly concave, 6 mm long, shortly apiculate. Petals erect next to the stigma, oblong, truncate, venation falcate, 2 mm tall. Lip linear, 3 mm long. Anther horizontal, massive; stigma on a 0.8 mm long pedicel, stig-matic surface deeply concave; lateral rostellum lobes partly flanking the anther, a deep notch beªtween them, with a single (probably connate) visªcidium, central lobe small, fleshy.
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Slender, grass-like, tuberous geophyte to 30 cm. Leaves dry at flowering, basal, lorate to lanceolate. Flowers in a lax raceme, yellow-green suffused with brown, spur cylindrical, horizontal, 6 mm long, lateral sepals lanceolate, 6 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Environment

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Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Disa esterhuyseniae world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:897617-1
WFO ID wfo-0000944368
COL ID 36RYN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Amphigena esterhuyseniae Disa esterhuyseniae