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Gladiolus orchidiflorus

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus orchidiflorus Andrews [family IRIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Gladiolus orchidiflorus

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS orchidiflorus Andr. [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 7, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
GLADIOLUS orchidiflorus Andr. [family IRIDACEAE], Bot. Rep. t. 241;—Baker, Handb. Irid. 224.
GLADIOLUS alatus Thunb. [family IRIDACEAE], Diss. No. 15, ex parte; Jacq. Ic. t. 259.
GLADIOLUS viperatus Ker [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 688; Gen. Irid. 131; Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 156.
GLADIOLUS virescens Thunb. [family IRIDACEAE], Fl. Cap. i. 196.
Information
corm globose, 1 in. diam.; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres; basal leaves 3–4, linear, firm in texture, 1/2–1 ft. long, 1/6– 1/4 in. broad; stem 1–1 1/2 ft. long including inflorescence, usually simple; flowers 4–6 in a very lax spike with a very flexuose rachis; outer spathe-valve green, oblong-lanceolate, 1–1 1/4 in. long; perianth greenish-yellow; tube slender, 1/2 in. long; upper segment curved over, oblong, an inch long, 1/4– 1/3 in. broad, with a very distinct claw; side ones much shorter, 1/2 in. broad, with a short claw; 3 lower decurved, with an obovate lamina 1/4 in. broad and a long claw; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the top segments; anthers 1/3 the length of the filament. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div., Mader, 99!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg! Oldenburg! Thom! Burchell!WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand, near Kook Fontein, 3000 ft., Bolus, 6626!

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