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Identification
Disa fragrans Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Entry for Disa fragrans Schlechter [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 fragrans Schlechter [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 50, 40;—Kränzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 748, and in Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, xx. 7; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 223.
Information
plant 1/2– 3/4 ft. high; stem stout; leaves cauline, 4–6, suberect or somewhat spreading, oblong, subobtuse, spotted with purple, 2–3 1/2 in. long, gradually reduced upwards into the sheaths; scapes 1/2– 3/4 ft. long, with several imbricating sheaths below the bracts; spikes oblong, 2–4 in. long, very dense; bracts ovate or elliptic-ovate, subobtuse, about 5 lin. long; pedicels 4 lin. long; flowers small, pale pink or whitish, spotted with purple; dorsal sepal galeate, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 2 1/2 lin. long; spur somewhat clavate, as long or nearly as long as the limb; lateral sepals oblong, obtuse, 2 1/2 lin. long; petals subspathulate-oblong, obtuse, 2 1/4 lin. long; lip subspathulate-linear, obtuse, as long as the dorsal sepal; column broad, 1 1/2 lin. long; anther suberect, obtuse; rostellum erect, 3-lobed, with short side lobes and a triangular acute front lobe; stigma pulvinate. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Griqualand East; Isitsa Footpath, Maclear District, 7550 ft., Galpin, 6837! summit of Insiswa Range, 6500 ft., Schlechter. Natal; Drakensberg Range, near Van Reenen, 6500 ft., Schlechter, Krook, Penther, 86; summit of Amawahqua Mountain, 6800 ft., Wood, 4565!KALAHARI REGION Orange River Colony; slopes of Quaqua Mountains and Mopedis Peak, Witzies Hoek, 6800–8100 ft., Thode, 55! Mont aux Sources, 8000–9000 ft., Thode; Harrismith, Krook, Penther, 124. Transvaal; stony places at the summit of Houtbosch Berg, 7000 ft., Schlechter, 4445, and without precise locality, Molyneux!

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