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Polystachya pubescens

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Identification
Polystachya pubescens (Lindl.) Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Entry for POLYSTACHYA pubescens 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 pubescens Reichb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Walp. Ann. vi. 643;—Bot. Mag. t. 5586; Lindenia, iv. t. 170; Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 186, and Ic. Orch. Austr.-Afr. ii. t. 30; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 36; Cogn. Dict. Ic. Orch., Polyst. t. 1; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 50, 29.
POLYSTACHYA lindleyana Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Thes. Cap. ii. 50, t. 178.
Epiphora pubescens Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 201; Sond. in Linnæa, xix. 71; Drège, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 127, 141.
Lissochilus sylvaticus Eckl. ex Sond. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Linnæa, xix. 71.
Information
rhizome stout and woody; pseudobulbs approximate, ovate or thickened at the base, narrowed above, 1–1 1/2 in. long, with several broad imbricate sheaths, 2–3-leaved; leaves elliptic-oblong to linear-oblong, subobtuse, often somewhat recurved at the apex, coriaceous, 1 1/2–6 in. long, 1/3– 3/4 in. broad; scapes erect, with a few lanceolate acuminate sheaths below, 3–8 in. high, puberulous or pubescent; racemes usually elongated and many-flowered; bracts triangular-ovate to triangular-lanceolate, very acuminate, 1/6– 1/4 in. long, concave at the base, often recurved; pedicels about 1/3 in. long; flowers medium sized, deep yellow with some brown stripes on the lateral sepals and lip; sepals ovate or ovate-oblong, acute, spreading, lateral about 1/3 in. long, dorsal rather shorter and narrower; petals spathulate-oblong, obtuse, rather shorter than the dorsal sepal; lip 3-lobed, rather shorter than the petals; front lobe ovate, subacute; side lobes usually smaller and more obtuse; disc pubescent or villous; column very short and broad. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; Somerset, Bowker!COAST REGION Uitenhage Div.; Van Stadens River, Drège. Port Elizabeth Div.; around Krakakamma, Burchell, 4547! Mrs. Holland, 3! Bathurst Div.; between Kowie and Kap River, Drège, 4578! Albany Div.; wooded kloof west of Grahamstown, Burchell, 3590! near Grahamstown, Atherstone, 24! Fullers, MacOwan, 110! Stones Hill Range, on trees and rocks, 1800–2500 ft., Galpin, 298; New Years River, Mrs. Barber, 261! Kafferland, Brownlee! Eastern frontier of Cape Colony, Hutton!EASTERN REGION Transkei; Krielis Country, Bowker, 354! Kentani, 1200 ft., Miss Pegler, 619. Natal; near Durban, McKen, 3! in shady woods at Deepdene, Richmond, 3000 ft., Sanderson, 891! Town Bush Valley, near Pietermaritzburg, 2800–3000 ft., Adlam, 4.KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Houtbosch Berg, 6000 ft., Schlechter.SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Prior!

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