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Disa excelsa

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Name

Identification
Herschelianthe excelsa (Thunb.) Rauschert [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Disa excelsa (Thunb.) Sw. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Disa tripetaloides
  • Orchis tripetaloides
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  • Herschelianthe excelsa
  • Orchis excelsa
  • Satyrium excelsum
  • Disa excelsa

Flora

Entry for HERSCHELIA excelsa Rolfe [family ]
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
HERSCHELIA excelsa Rolfe [family ]
Disa excelsa Thunb. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Fl. Cap. ed. i. 78, partly, not of Sw., and ed. Schult. 14; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 356; Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 203; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 102; Kränzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 800; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 292.
Information
plant about 1 3/4 ft. high; stem stout; leaves not seen; scapes about 1 3/4 ft. high, with numerous narrow acuminate sheaths above; spikes 5–6 in. long, somewhat dense, many-flowered; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 1/3– 1/2 in. long; pedicels 7–8 lin. long; flowers medium-sized, purplish; dorsal sepal galeate, broadly ovate, acute, about 5 lin. long; spur broadly conical, obtuse, about a fifth as long as the limb; lateral sepals broadly elliptic-oblong, obtuse, about 5 lin. long; petals strongly falcate, acute or acuminate, somewhat crenulate on the outer margin, or sometimes bifid, with a large rounded auricle at the base in front, about 3 lin. long; lip broadly elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, entire or obscurely crenulate close to the apex; column short; anther reflexed; rostellum erect, shortly 3-lobed; stigma pulvinate. null
Distribution
COAST REGION George Div.; Outeniqua Mountains, near Lange Kloof and Kromme River, Thunberg!

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