Disperis kilimanjarica Rendle

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Disperis

Characteristics

Glabrous herb, 7.5–12 cm. tall, arising from an ovoid tuber, 1–1.5 cm. long, 8 mm. wide, sending out filiform tuber-bearing underground shoots.. Leaves 2, alternate, sessile, sheathing at the base, ovate, 1.2–3.1 cm. long, 0.7–2.1 cm. wide, acute, cordate above the sheath.. Flowers solitary, white tinged green, margined with lilac along the edge of the spur, or pinkish, or distinctly green and dull mauve; bract leaf-like, 0.8–1.5 cm. long, 4–8 mm. wide.. Intermediate sepal hooded, joined to the petals to form a short spur 0.8-1.6 cm. long, broad towards its mouth, abruptly narrowed towards the apex; lateral sepals obliquely ovate, 0.6–1.2 cm. long, 4–5 mm. wide, apiculate, free, bearing sacs 2–2.5 mm. long.. Petals irregularly oblong, 8 mm. long, 4 mm. wide, curved on united margin, irregular on free margin, shortly clawed at the base.. Lip 6 mm. long, with linear claw expanded above into a narrowly triangular blade with a reflexed tip, which bears (at the point of reflection) a thick narrowly oblong appendage directed to the apex of the spur, 3 mm. long, papillate at the extreme tip.. Fig. 39/9, p. 220.
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Lip 6 mm long, curved back into spur, the linear claw expanded into a triangular blade reflexed at the tip, with an oblong appendage 3 mm long arising at the point of reflexion, papillate at tip, almost reaching apex of the spur.
Lateral sepals 7–12 × 3–5 mm, obliquely ovate, apiculate, each with a sac-like spur 1–2 mm long.
Epiphytic or terrestrial herb 5–12 cm tall; tuber 10–15 × 5–10 mm, ovoid.
Dorsal sepal 8–16 mm long, joined to petals to form a blunt spur.
Leaves 2, alternate, 1.5–3.5 × 1.2 cm, ovate, cordate at base.
Flowers white tinged with green and sometimes with mauve.
Petals 8 × 4 mm, oblong, the free margin irregular.
Bracts leaf-like, 10–15 × 7 mm, ovate.
Ovary and pedicel 10–11 mm long.
Inflorescence single-flowered.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Disperis kilimanjarica world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:630355-1
WFO ID wfo-0000944758
COL ID 36VD8
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Synonyms

Disperis kilimanjarica