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Schizodium bifidum

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Identification
Schizodium bifidum (Thunb.) Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for SCHIZODIUM rigidum 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
SCHIZODIUM rigidum Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Gen. & Sp. Orch. 360;—Drège, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 120; Sond. in Linnæa, xix. 103; Drège in Linnæa, xx. 220; N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1885, xxiv. 331; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 303; Bolus, Ic. Orch. Austr.-Afr. ii. tt. 94, 95.
SCHIZODIUM bifidum Reichb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora, 1883, 460; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 113; Kränzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 729, partly, and in Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, xx. 6; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 302, partly, excl. var., not of Reichb. f.
Satyrium bifidum Thunb. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Prodr. 5.
Disa bifida Sw. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockh. 1800, 212; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 9; Bolus in Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc. v. 163, Orch. Cap. Penins. 163, and Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 201.
Information
plant 5–9 in. high; stem slender, flexuous; leaves radical, spathulate, 1/2–1 in. long, with broadly elliptic-oblong obtuse or apiculate limb; petiole 2–3 lin. long; scapes 5–9 in. high, with 2 or 3 oblong-lanceolate acute suberect sheaths; spikes 1–4-flowered, lax; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, 3–4 lin. long; pedicels 4–6 lin. long; flowers rather large, pink, with yellow tips to the petals and four rows of violet dots on the lip; dorsal sepal erect, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, concave, 5–6 lin. long; spur elongate-oblong from a narrowly conical base, subobtuse, somewhat curved, nearly as long as the limb; lateral sepals falcate-oblong, subacute, 5–6 lin. long; petals narrowly oblong from a broader base, unequally and shortly bifid at the apex, 4 lin. long; lip narrowly subpandurate behind, somewhat concave at the base, 8 lin. long, abruptly narrowed from about the middle into a long linear subobtuse apical lobe; column short; anther reflexed; rostellum short, erect; stigma pulvinate. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Cape Div.; sandy places near Cape Town, Bolus, 3742! 7019β! Table Mountain, Bolus! Stellenbosch Div.; Stellenbosch, Miss Lloyd in Herb. Sanderson, 930! Fielder! Lowrys Pass, 300–400 ft., Schlechter, 1175! Caledon Div.; Zwart Berg, 1000–2000 ft., Zeyher, 101! Swellendam Div.; Sparrbosch, under 1000 ft., Drège, 1231e! near Swellendam, Zeyher, 3929! Borcherds. Port Elizabeth Div.; near Port Elizabeth, Mrs. Holland, 7! Kemsley.SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Oldenburg! Thunberg! Masson! Brown, Gueinzius, Harvey, Prior, Trimen! Rogers!

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