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Polystachya capensis

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Name

Identification
Polystachya capensis Sond ex. Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by John Sanderson, Polystachya ottoniana Reichb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Rolfe, Robert Allen,
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Flora

Entry for POLYSTACHYA ottoniana Reichb. f. [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
POLYSTACHYA ottoniana Reichb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Hamb. Gartenz. 1855, 249;—Reichb. f. in Bonpl. 1855, 217; Walp. Ann. vi. 638; Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 186, and in Ic. Orch. Austr.-Afr. ii. t. 32; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 36; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 50, 29.
POLYSTACHYA capensis Sond. ex Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Thes. Cap. ii. 51, t. 179.
Angræcum? sp. Lindl. [family ], in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 205.
Information
rhizome stout and woody; pseudobulbs approximate, ovoid, 1/2– 3/4 in. long, covered with imbricate sheaths, 2–3-leaved at the apex; leaves linear or linear-oblong, subobtuse, coriaceous, 1 1/2–6 in. long, 1/6– 1/3 in. broad; scapes erect, 1–4 in. long, puberulous; racemes simple, sometimes reduced to a single flower; bracts triangular-ovate, acuminate, 1/12– 1/3 in. long; pedicels slender, 1/4– 1/2 in. long; flowers rather large, white, with a deep yellow line on the front lobe of the lip; sepals somewhat spreading, triangular-ovate or triangular-oblong, subobtuse, 1/3– 1/2 in. long; petals oblong, obtuse, sometimes about as long as the sepals; lip 3-lobed, much shorter than the petals; front lobe broadly oblong, obtuse, revolute; side lobes small and obtuse; disc pubescent, with a thickened central keel; column very short and stout, its foot 1/6 in. long; mentum short and rounded; capsules oblong, 3/4–1 in. long. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Knysna Div.; Knysna Forest, Barkly! Albany Div.; Black Horse Hill and near Blue Krantz, Atherstone, 19! between Grahamstown and the sea, MacOwan, 1526! Ecklon and Zeyher! Pym, and without precise locality, Mrs. Hutton! Miss Bowker! British Kaffraria; Rivi Forest, Kirk! and without precise locality, Cooper, 203. Komgha Div.; near Komgha, Flanagan. Eastern frontier of Cape Colony, Mrs. Barber!EASTERN REGION Transkei; between Gekau (Geua) River and Bashee River, Drège! 8270! Fort Bowker, woods on Bashee River, Bowker, 600! Bazeia, 2000–3500 ft., Baur, 238! 740! near Kentani, Miss Pegler, 617. Natal; near Durban, Sanderson, 560! rocks at Assegai Kraal, McKen in Herb. Sanderson, 560! 896! Sanderson in Herb. Wood, 1041! Enon, Mrs. Saunders in Herb. Bolus, 5946! Swaziland; in kloof at Embabaan, Burtt-Davy, 2877!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Houtbosch Berg, 5000–6000 ft., Schlechter; near Barberton, 3500–6000 ft., Galpin, 671; near Haenertsburg, Burtt-Davy, 3026, and without precise locality, Randall!

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