Disa obliqua Bolus

Species

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Characteristics

Plants 55-290 mm tall, flexuose; basal leaves broadly obovate to spathulate, 5-14 mm x 3-9 mm, cauline leaves lanceolate, 7-18 mm long, sheathing. Inflorescences (2-) 6 (-9)-flowered. Flowers pale pink, lip with a dotted pattern, apical tooth dark coloured. Median sepal suberect, lanceolate, subobtuse to subacuminate, 5-10 mm x 1.5-4 mm; spur linear to clavate, 3-9 mm long, obtuse to slightly bifid, dorsoventrally constricted at the base; lateral sepals lanceolate, obtuse to acuminate, 5-14 mm x 1.5-4 mm. Petal apices variously bifid, basal anticous lobe large, margins usually serrate, petals included in the galea. Apical lip tooth terete, wedge-shaped to subulate, (1-) 2 (-5) mm long, mesochile 1.5-5 mm wide, margins smooth or slightly crenate, hypochile concave, pale. Rostellum erect.
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Slender, tuberous geophyte to 30 cm, with wiry flexuose stem. Leaves basal, obovate-oblanceolate. Flowers few in a lax raceme, pink, petals conspicuously lobed at base, lip speckled, sepals lanceolate, 5-14 mm long, spur 3-9 mm long, slender and constricted at base.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.06 - 0.29
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Soil texture 5-6
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Images

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Distribution

Disa obliqua world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:630191-1
WFO ID wfo-0000944477
COL ID 36S29
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Synonyms

Schizodium obliquum Disa obliqua

Lower taxons

Disa obliqua subsp. obliqua Disa obliqua subsp. clavigera