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Disa crassicornis

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Identification
Disa crassicornis Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Entry for Disa crassicornis Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 3, page 3, (1913) Author: (By R. A. ROLFE.)
Names
Disa crassicornis Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Gen. & Sp. Orch. 348;—Drège, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 53; Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 198; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 101; Kränzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 766, and in Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, xx. 7; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 237.
Disa megaceras Hook. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 6529.
Disa macrantha Hemsl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Garden, 1880, xvii. 494, t. 235, not of Sw.
Information
plant 1–3 ft. high; stem very stout; leaves radical and cauline, suberect, the former oblong-lanceolate or oblong-ligulate, acute, attenuated at the base, 1/2–1 ft. long, the latter oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3–5 in. long, somewhat fleshy; scapes 1–3 ft. long, with oblong-lanceolate acuminate sheaths above; spikes 4–10 in. long, dense or somewhat lax, usually many-flowered; bracts oblong-lanceolate, very acuminate, 1 1/2–3 in. long; pedicels about 1 1/2 in. long; flowers very large, submembranous, pale yellow or cream-coloured, spotted with pale purple; dorsal sepal galeate, broadly ovate, subobtuse, 1 in. or more long; spur curved, cylindrical from a broadly conical base, obtuse, 1 1/2–1 3/4 in. long; lateral sepals oblique, narrowly ovate, subobtuse, 1 in. long; petals oblique, broadly ovate, subobtuse, about 3/4 in. long; lip oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, about 1 in. long; column 1/3 in. long; anther reflexed; rostellum short, obscurely 3-lobed; stigma pulvinate. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; summit of Bosch Berg, 4500 ft., and hills near Somerset, Tuck in Herb. MacOwan, 529! Cooper, 529! Aliwal North Div.; Witteberg Range, 7000–8000 ft., Drège, 3577!COAST REGION Knysna Div.; Zitzikamma River, Penther, 73. Uitenhage Div.; Uitenhage, Zeyher, 628! Bedford Div.; Kaga Berg, MacOwan. Fort Beaufort Div.; Winter Berg, Zeyher, Mrs. Barber. Stockenstrom Div.; Kat Berg, in moist ravines, 8000 ft., Hutton! Scully, 181; 3000 ft., Galpin, 1742! King Williamstown Div.; Keiskamma Hoek, Cooper, 1291! Komgha Div.; near Komgha, 2000 ft., Flanagan, 524.EASTERN REGION Transkei; Krielis Country, Bowker, 212! Kentani District, 1200 ft., Miss Pegler, 315! Pondoland; Mount Puguwan, 3000 ft., Tyson. Griqualand East; mountain sides near Clydesdale, 3500 ft., Tyson, 2900! near Matatiele, 8000 ft., Mrs. Cowen! Natal; near Richmond, 2000 ft., Weir in Herb. Sanderson, 498! between Richmond and Maritzburg, 2000 ft., Sanderson, 498! Dargle Farm, Mrs. Fannin, 6! Highlands, Gerrard, 1561! and without precise locality, Hallack!SOUTH AFRICA without precise locality, Large!

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