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Disa fasciata

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Identification
Disa fasciata Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for ORTHOPENTHEA fasciata Rolfe [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
ORTHOPENTHEA fasciata Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Disa fasciata Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Gen. & Sp. Orch. 350; Harv. Thes. Cap. i. 54, t. 85; Bolus in Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc. v. 167, t. 36, Orch. Cap. Penins. 167, t. 36, and Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 202; N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1885, xxiv. 231; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 102; Kränzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 798; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 272.
Information
plant 3–6 in. high; stem rather stout; leaves cauline, 4–6, spreading, ovate from a sheathing base, acute or acuminate, limb 1/3– 1/2 in. long, decreasing upwards into the bracts, leaf-sheaths barred with red; scapes 3–6 in. high, with short ovate sheaths above; spikes corymbose, 1–6-flowered; bracts elliptic-ovate, acute, 6–9 in. long, margined with red, sheathing the pedicels; pedicels about 4 lin. long; flowers rather large, white, with a few purple dots in the centre; dorsal sepal subgaleate, obovate, expanded and obtuse above, somewhat concave below, 5–7 lin. long; spur narrowly conical, obtuse, about a quarter as long as the limb; lateral sepals broadly elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 5–7 lin. long, spreading; petals oblique, auriculate, acute, 2 1/2 lin. long, with an oblong basal lobe in front; lip broadly elliptic-spathulate, obtuse, 4–5 lin. long, spreading; column short; anther reflexed; rostellum erect, deeply emarginate; stigma pulvinate. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Cape Div.; summit of Table Mountain, Harvey; Constantia Berg, 2700–3000 ft., Bodkin in Herb. Bolus, 4965! and in MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr. 320! mountains south of Simons Town, Miller. Caledon Div.; Zwart Berg, near Caledon, Ecklon! Pappe, 2! Houw Hoek, 2500 ft., Bolus, Schlechter. Stellenbosch Div.; Hottentots Holland, Alexander! Lowrys Pass, 1500–2000 ft., Schlechter, 5378, Penther, Krook. Riversdale Div.; Langeberg Range, near Riversdale, 1000–1500 ft., Schlechter, 2028; Garcias Pass, 1200 ft., Galpin, 4618! George Div.; plains near George, Bowie! Outeniqua Mountains, above Montagu Pass, 3000 ft., Schlechter, Penther, Krook.SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Masson! Ecklon, Leibold.

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