Holothrix johnstonii Rolfe

Species

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Characteristics

Leaves 2, appressed to ground, fleshy, 3–6 × 2.3–6 cm, broadly ovate to heart-shaped, dark glossy-green with long, weak white hairs.
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Flowers c. 2 cm in diameter, white to rose-pink, usually opening pale and darkening with age; sepals greenish-purple.
Inflorescence up to 10(15)-flowered, flowers secund; ovary 3–6 mm long; bracts 5–7 × 2.5–4 mm, ovate, hairy.
Lip 12–17 mm long, 5–7-lobed, the lobes 2–4 mm long, obtuse, with raised median nerves.
Petals entire, 12–17 × 2 mm,linear-oblong, obtuse, with a slightly raised median nerve.
Ovary ovoid, constricted at top just below the flower, hairy.
Spur 2–3 mm long, conical, obtuse, upturned at apex.
Scape without sheaths, with spreading hairs.
Tubers two or three, c. 15 × 10 mm, ovoid.
Sepals 5–7 × 2–3 mm, ovate, hairy.
Terrestrial herb (6)16–30 cm tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.16 - 0.3
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:638905-1
WFO ID wfo-0000982885
COL ID 6LXHP
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Synonyms

Holothrix johnstonii