Disa obliqua (Lindl.) Bolus, Trans. S. African Philos. Soc. 5(1): 162 (1888).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Schizodium obliquum Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 359 (1838).
Description:
Plants 55-290 mm tall, flexuose; basal leaves broadly obovate to spathulate, 5-14 mm x 3-9 mm, cauline leaves lanceolate, 7-18 mm long, sheathing. Inflorescences (2-) 6 (-9) -flowered. Flowers pale pink, lip with a dotted pattern, apical tooth dark coloured. Median sepal suberect, lanceolate, subobtuse to subacuminate, 5-10 mm x 1.5-4 mm; spur linear to clavate, 3-9 mm long, obtuse to slightly bifid, dorsoventrally constricted at the base; lateral sepals lanceolate, obtuse to acuminate, 5-14 mm x 1.5-4 mm. Petal apices variously bifid, basal anticous lobe large, margins usually serrate, petals included in the galea. Apical lip tooth terete, wedge-shaped to subulate, (1 -) 2 (-5) mm long, mesochile 1.5-5 mm wide, margins smooth or slightly crenate, hypochile concave, pale. Rostellum erect.
Habitat:
In montane well drained slopes and rarely from swampy sandy sites in flatlands at elevations of sea-level to 600 meters.
Distribution:
SW. Cape Prov.
Key to the subspecies of Disa obliqua
References:
Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999; A molecular phylogeny for the large African orchid genus Disa Bytebier 2006; Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 3, page 3, (1913) Author: (By R. A. ROLFE.); A New Phylogeny-Based Sectional Classification for the Large African Orchid Genus Disa Benny Bytebier, Taxon, Vol. 57, No. 4 (Nov., 2008), pp. 1233-1251
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| Photograph© Cameron McMaster. Image used with kind permission. |
Photograph© Cameron McMaster. Image used with kind permission. |
Photograph© Cameron McMaster. Image used with kind permission. |
