Disa sabulosa Bolus

Species

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Characteristics

Plants 80-100 mm tall; leaves lanceolate, acute, imbricate, semi-erect, margins undulate, basal leaves up to 50 mm long. Inflorescences dense, obovate, 30-70 x 40 mm; bracts as tall as the flowers, green. Flowers with lime-green sepals and yellow petals; scent faint. Median sepal sub-spathulate to broadly obovate, falcate in side view, shallowly galeate, obtuse, 10-15 mm long; spur pendent, flexuose near the base, acute to re-tuse, 10-15 mm long; lateral sepals reflexed, obªlong, rounded, 7-9 mm long. Petals subobliquely oblong, apex deeply and equally bifid, twisted to face forwards, 7-8 mm long. Lip oblanceolate, obtuse, pendent, fleshy, c. 6 mm long. Anther pendent, 2 mm long; stigma 1 mm tall; rostellum c. 2 mm tall.
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Slender, tuberous geophyte to 10 cm. Leaves lanceolate, imbricate. Flowers many in a dense, obovate raceme, lime-green and yellow, spur pendent, 10-15 mm long, lateral sepals 7-9 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) 0.08 - 0.1
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Environment

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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Disa sabulosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:630241-1
WFO ID wfo-0000944546
COL ID 36S3F
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Monadenia sabulosa Disa sabulosa