Holothrix thodei Rolfe

Species

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Characteristics

Plants erect, scape without bracts, densely covered with stout, reflexed hairs, 100-240 mm high; leaves withered at anthesis, densely covered with small stout squamous hairs. Flowers: Sepals usually connate, with dense short hairs, 1.5-3.5 x 0.5-1 mm. Petals entire, carnose, 3.5-5 x 0.5-1.5 mm, yellow to greenish. Lip trilobed, carnose, outer lobes one fifth to half as long as the midlobe, 2.5-4.5 x 1.5-3.5 mm, colour as for petals; spur slightly curved, 0.5-2.5 mm long.
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Terrestrial herb, geophyte with root tubers, robust, 0.07-0.25 m high. Scape with deflexed hairs. Leaves 2, flat on ground, up to 14 mm wide, scattered broad hairs above, withering before flowering. Inflorescence lax to dense, hairy raceme; flowers secund, many, yellowish green. Sepals subequal, connivent; dorsal sepal 3-4 mm long. Petals linear-lanceolate, 4-5 mm long. Lip unequally 3-lobed, 4-6 mm long; spur 1 mm long. Flowering time Jan.-Mar.
Herb, up to 250 mm high. Leaves with dense, stiff, curved hairs above; withered when flowering. Flowers: many; hairs on flowering stem deflexed; petals 4-5 mm, linear to lanceolate, undivided; midlobe of lip 2 x as long as 2 side lobes; perianth yellowish green; Jan.-Mar.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.25
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Environment

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Soil texture 7-8
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:638946-1
WFO ID wfo-0000982931
COL ID 6LXJB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Holothrix thodei