Disa macrostachya Bolus

Species

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Characteristics

Plants slender, 300 mm tall; the lower 4-8 leaves lorate, acute, erect, conduplicate, up to 130 x 20 mm, remaining leaves mostly sheathing. Inflorescences lax with several flowers, up to 200 mm long; bracts as tall as the flowers, probably dry. Flowers: Median sepal erect, narrowly oblong, acute, galea 8 mm tall; spur somewhat inflated, obtuse to retuse, 6-8 mm long and about 2 mm in diameter, straight; lateral sepals reflexed, oblong, obtuse, c. 7 mm long. Petals obliquely narrowly ovate, very acute, 6 mm long, erect. Lip pendent, lorate, obtuse, 6 mm long. Anther 1.5 mm long; stigma 2 mm tall; rostellum erect, tall.
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Tuberous geophyte, up to 300 mm tall. Leaves 4-8, strap-shaped, clustered at the stem base. Flowers several in lax raceme, sepals red on the outside, petals and lip yellow; sepals 7-8 mm, spur 6-8 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) 0.3
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Distribution

Disa macrostachya world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:630169-1
WFO ID wfo-0000944448
COL ID 36RZQ
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Synonyms

Monadenia macrostachya Disa macrostachya