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Lissochilus speciosus

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Identification
Lissochilus speciosus R. Br. ex Ker Gawl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for LISSOCHILUS speciosus R. Br. ex 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
LISSOCHILUS speciosus R. Br. ex Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Coll. Bot. t. 31;—Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 573, and Gen. & Sp. Orch. 191; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 30.
Satyrium giganteum Linn. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Suppl. Pl. 402.
Limodorum giganteum Thunb. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Prodr. 4.
Cymbidium giganteum Sw. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Schrad. Journ. ii. 224; Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 129.
Cyrtopera? gigantea Lindl. [family ], Gen. & Sp.Orch. 190.
Eulophia speciosa Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 184, and Ic. Orch. Austr.-Afr. ii. t. 13.
Information
pseudobulbs ovoid, 2 in. or more long, with a few ovate sheaths, 3–5-leaved; leaves elongate-linear, acute, somewhat fleshy, without prominent veins, conduplicate below, not articulated above the base, 1/2–1 ft. or more long, 3/4–1 in. or more broad; scapes erect, stout, 1 1/2–2 1/2 ft. long, with several spathaceous sheaths; racemes long, somewhat lax, many-flowered; flowers medium-sized; bracts ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3/4–1 in. long; pedicels 3/4–1 in. long; sepals ovate or ovate-oblong, subacute or acute, reflexed, green, about 1/3 in. long; petals spreading, broadly ovate or ovate-suborbicular, subobtuse, about 3/4 in. long, bright yellow; lip 3-lobed, nearly as long as the petals; side lobes suberect, short and transversely oblong, white with a few reddish lines; front lobe broadly elliptic, obtuse, reflexed at the sides, yellow with a few reddish lines at the base; disc convex, with 3 obtuse keels; spur very short, broadly conical, obtuse; column oblong, 1/4 in. long. null
Range
Also found in Rhodesia.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; Somerset East, Bowker!COAST REGION Uitenhage Div.: sand dunes near the mouth of the Coega River, Ecklon & Zeyher, 3894. Port Elizabeth Div.; Sandy hills at Krakakamma, Zeyher, 3895! Bathurst Div.; sand hills near the mouth of the Kleinmond and Kowie Rivers, Atherstone, 12! 28! 58! MacOwan! 401! Albany Div.; without precise locality, Miss Bowker! Hutton! Komgha Div.; Kei River Mouth, Flanagan, 1025. Eastern District of Cape Colony, Prior!EASTERN REGION Transkei; rocks near Butterworth, Krielis Country, Mrs. Barber, 9! coast near Kentani, Miss Pegler, 782. Natal; bush near Durban, Sanderson, 111! 493! Plant, 50! Wood, 707! Clairmont, Inanda, Wood, 1090! near the Lighthouse, Durban, Wilms, 2279; sand dunes near Durban, Schlechter, 3151! near Tugela River, Gerrard, 1815!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Pietersburg District, hills near Potgieters Rust, 3600 ft., Bolus, 11165, near Barberton, 2000–2900 ft., Galpin, 668. Var. β, near Barberton, 2000–3000 ft., Culver, 62!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Griffin (the type specimen)! Mrs. Bowker!

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