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Oberonia disticha

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Oberonia disticha (Lam.) Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Oberonia disticha (Lam.) Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Oberonia disticha (Lam.) Schltr. original illustration from Flora Zambesiaca
Type of Oberonia brevifolia Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Oberonia disticha
Oberonia disticha
Filed as Oberonia disticha Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Oberonia disticha (Lam.) Schltr. from Madagascar
Oberonia disticha
Filed as Oberonia disticha Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Oberonia disticha (Lam.) Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Oberonia disticha
Filed as Oberonia disticha Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Oberonia disticha
Filed as Oberonia disticha (Lam.) Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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Oberonia disticha (Lam.) Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for Oberonia disticha Lam. Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 1, (1995) Author: I. la Croix and P.J. Cribb
Names
Oberonia disticha Lam. Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Fedde, Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 33: 132 (1925). —H. Perrier in Fl. Madag., Orch. 1: 153 (1939). —Moriarty, Wild Fls. Malawi: t. 28, 3 (1975). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 84 (1976). —Ball, South. Afr. Epiph. Orchids: 146 (1978). —Stewart et al., Wild Orch. South. Africa: 215 (1982). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 291 (1984). —Geerinck in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 1: 282 (1984). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 181 (1991). TAB. 99. Type from Réunion.
Epidendrum distichum Lam. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Encycl. 1: 189 (1783).
Information
Small epiphytic herb, usually pendent.Roots arising at base of plant, less than 1 mm in diameter.Stems clustered, few to many, 2–15 cm long.Leaves several, distichous, usually imbricate, bilaterally flattened, succulent, light green, 2–5 × 0.5–1 cm, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, decreasing in size towards the stem apex.Inflorescenceracemose, densely many-flowered, 4–10 cm long, cylindrical, tapering.Flowers less than 2 mm in diameter, yellow-ochre to orange.Sepals c. 0.7 × 0.5 mm, ovate, obtuse; petals 0.5 × 0.2 mm, elliptic, obtuse; lip c. 1 × 0.7 mm, oblong-pandurate, deflexed.Column c. 3 mm long.
Habitat
Evergreen forest or high rainfall Brachystegia woodland, epiphytic on tree trunks
Altitude range
430–1200 m.
1200
430
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Mts., Makurupini Forest, 430 m, fl. 13.i.1969, Bisset 56 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Thyolo Distr., Namikweya Estate, 1200 m, fl. 9.ii.1984, la Croix 526 (K; MAL).
Distribution (external)
Cameroon
Zaire
Uganda
Tanzania
South Africa (Transvaal)
Madagascar
Comoro Islands
Mascarene Islands
Notes
This species will almost certainly also occur in the adjacent Mozambique Makurupini forest.

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