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Holothrix condensata Sond., Linnaea 19: 76 (1846).
Homotypic Names:
Holothrix villosa var. condensata (Sond.) Immelman, Bothalia 13: 456 (1981).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Holothrix lithophila Schltr., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 48: 446 (1898).
Description:
An erect herb, except for the perianth segments, hirsute with spreading pilose hairs, 7-20 cm. high; leaves two, appressed to the ground, radical broadly ovate or orbicular, very unequal 3-6 cm. long; scape nude, usually from above the base widely arcuate decurved; spike secund densely many-flowered, 3-10 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, shorter than the ovary; sepals ovate acute or the odd sepal acuminate, 0,4 cm. long; petals spreading-recurved oblong obtuse, 0,7 cm. long; lip as long as the petals broadly obovate in outline, trifid at the apex, the segments equal or the intermediate larger, spur cylindrical straight, as long as the sepals; caudicles of the pollinia attached to a single transverse gland.
Habitat:
On grassy slopes at elevations of sealevel to 1900 meters.
Distribution:
W. Cape Prov.
References:
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 3, page 3, (1913) Author: (By R. A. ROLFE.); Revision der Gattung Holothrix. (Fortsetzung) R. Schlechter, Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift, Vol. 48, No. 12 (December 1898), pp. 441-448; Revision der Gattung Holothrix R. Schlechter, Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift, Vol. 48, No. 11 (November 1898), pp. 413-416; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982
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