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Holothrix incurva Lindl.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Holothrix

Characteristics

Plants erect, scape without bracts, densely villous with short fine hairs at right angles, 72-170 mm tall; leaves glabrous or with a few scattered hairs, margins with a dense fringe of short hairs. Flowers: Sepals densely villous, with short fine hairs, 2-4.5 x 1.5-2 mm. Petals entire, with carnose apices, 5-9.5 x 0.5-1 mm, apices attenuate, yellow to greenish yellow. Lip with 5 narrowly linear lobes, carnose, 3.5-4.5 x 1.5-2 mm, colour as for petals; spur curved, 1-1.5 mm long.
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Terrestrial herb, geophyte with root tubers, up to 0.17 m high. Scape minutely and thinly hairy. Leaves 2, flat on ground, up to 30 mm wide, glabrous, not withering before flowering. Inflorescence a lax, thinly hairy raceme; flowers secund, many, green to yellowish green. Sepals subequal, connivent; dorsal sepal 3 mm long. Petals linear, 8-9 mm long. Lip 7-9 mm long, deeply 5-lobed with subequal lobes; spur 2 mm long. Flowering time Jan., Feb.
Herb, up to 170 mm high. Leaves hairless, not withered when flowering. Flowers: inflorescence lax; flowering stem, ovary, sepals and bracts hairy; spur ± 2 mm long; lip deeply 5-lobed, linear; petals undivided; sepals green, petals and lip yellowish green; Jan., Feb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.17
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Environment

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Soil texture 7-9
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Holothrix incurva world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:638904-1
WFO ID wfo-0000982884
COL ID 6M9HN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Holothrix rupicola Holothrix incurva
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