Disa longipetala Bolus

Species

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Characteristics

Plants 70-200 mm tall, scape wiry, flexuose; basal leaves spathulate, lorate, apiculate, 8-12 mm long and 3-6 mm wide, margins crisped-undulate, cauline leaves 2-3, oblong, lanceolate, acute to acuminate, 8-13 mm long, the upper half free. Inflorescences (2-) 6 (-7)-flowered. Flowers greenish yellow, lip mesochile and base of the lateral sepals with purplish spots, filiform processes of the petals and lip dull purple; pedicels 3-10 mm long, ovaries 3-5 mm long. Median sepal recurved, lanceolate, acute, 7-12 mm long and 2-3 mm wide; spur 2-3 mm long, bluntly bifid, straight to slightly decurved, constricted at the base; lateral sepals narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, recurved, 8-12 mm long and 1.5-2 mm wide. Petals bent near the base, 2-3 mm long, basal anticous lobe absent, apex unequally bifid with the anterior lower altitudes than S. inflexum.
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Like D. satyroides but to 20 cm, flowers greenish yellow, with recurved lateral sepals, 7-12 mm tall, spur 2-3 mm long, petals and lip with a long apical mucro.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.11
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Disa longipetala world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:630161-1
WFO ID wfo-0000944438
COL ID 36RZM
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Schizodium longipetalum Schizodium antenniferum Disa longipetala