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Disa micrantha

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Identification
Disa micrantha (Lindl.) Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Entry for MONADENIA micrantha 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
MONADENIA micrantha Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Gen. & Sp. Orch. 357;—Kränzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 818.
Disa micrantha Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc. v. 142, Orch. Cap. Penins. 142, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 196; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 213.
Information
plant 1/3–1 ft. high; stem stout; leaves cauline, suberect, usually numerous, linear or lanceolate-linear, acute or acuminate, involute, sheathing at the base, 2–6 in. long; scapes 1/3–1 ft. high; spikes 2–5 in. long, densely many-flowered; bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, 1/2– 3/4 in. long; pedicels 3–4 lin. long; flowers small, yellow, with the dorsal sepal and tips of the lateral sepals red; dorsal sepal oblong, obtuse or apiculate, cucullate, inflexed at the apex, 2–2 1/4 lin. long; spur somewhat slender, obtuse, about as long as the limb; lateral sepals oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse, spreading, 1 1/2–1 3/4 lin. long; petals obliquely ovate, subobtuse, concave at the base, about 1 1/4 lin. long; lip linear-oblong, obtuse, somewhat fleshy, 1 1/4–1 1/2 lin. long; column stout; anther reflexed; connective narrow, nearly as long as the cells; rostellum erect, with short obtuse arms; stigma pulvinate; capsule elliptic-oblong, 5–6 lin. long. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Tulbagh Div.; New Kloof, 1000–2000 ft., Drège, 1261b! Paarl Div.; Paarl Mountain, 1000–2000 ft., Drège, 1261a. Cape Div.; near Wynberg, 50–100 ft., Kässner, Schlechter. Table Mountain, Harvey! Ecklon, 247! Pappe, 56! Wolley-Dod, 1845! near Cape Town, under 100 ft., Bolus, 3859! near summit of Twelve Apostles, Wolley-Dod, 3602! Claremont, Schlechter! Vyges Kraal, Wolley-Dod, 394! Cape Flats, Zeyher, 4680! Dümmer, 443! Simons Bay, Wright, 135! Stellenbosch Div.; at Stellenbosch, Lloyd in Herb. Sanderson, 938! Caledon Div.; Genadendal, Ecklon & Zeyher; Caledon, Alexander! Swellendam Div.; Voormans Bosch, Zeyher, 1564, partly! Swellendam Div.; Zuurbraak, 600 ft., Galpin, 4606! Riversdale Div.; Langeberg Range, near Riversdale, 1000 ft., Schlechter, 2031; Garcias Pass, 1200 ft., Galpin, 4607! George Div.; between Malgaten River and Great Brak River, Burchell, 6139! Knysna Div.; Ruigte Valley, under 500 ft., Drège, 1261c! Humansdorp Div.; near Storms River, 200 ft., Schlechter, 5965! Penther, Krook. Port Elizabeth Div.; Port Elizabeth, Hallack! Albany Div.; mountains near Grahamstown, 2000–2200 ft., MacOwan, 381! Bathurst Div.; near Port Alfred, Burchell, 4015!SOUTH AFRICA without locality; Bergius, Masson! Brown! Mund & Maire, Harvey, 141! Rogers! Pappe! Mrs. Holland! Liebold.

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