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Stolzia compacta

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Isotype of Stolzia compacta P. J. Cribb subsp. purpurata P. J. Cribb [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Isotype of Stolzia compacta P.J.Cribb subsp. purpurata P.J.Cribb [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Stolzia compacta P.J.Cribb subsp. iringana P.J.Cribb [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Stolzia compacta P.J.Cribb subsp. purpurata P.J.Cribb
Isotype of Stolzia compacta P.J. Cribb subsp. compacta [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Isotype of Stolzia compacta P.J. Cribb subsp. compacta [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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Identification
Stolzia compacta P.J.Cribb [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for Stolzia compacta P.J. Cribb [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
Stolzia compacta P.J. Cribb [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 32: 159 (1977); in Kew Bull. 33: 81 (1978); in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 328 (1984). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 183 (1991). Type: Malawi, Nyika Plateau, Kasaramba Forest, fl. ii.1968, Williamson, Ball & Simon 371 (K, holotype).
Information
Creeping epiphytic herb forming chains or mats.Pseudobulbs set close together, up to 1 cm high and 1.5 cm wide, obliquely ovoid, pale green, 1-leafed at the apex.Leaf c. 5–9 × 1 cm, oblanceolate, erect, light green, thin-textured.Inflorescence 1-flowered, much shorter than the leaf.Flowers resupinate, campanulate, rather fleshy, yellow, yellow-green, purple or brick-red.Dorsal sepal 7–19 × 2.3–3.5 mm, lanceolate, acuminate; lateral sepals similar butoblique, joined in the basal half to each other and the column-foot to form a saccate mentum c. 2 mm high.Petals 4–5 × 1–1.5 mm, linear-lanceolate, acute.Lip 3.5–4 × 2–2.5 mm, ovate or elliptic-ovate, rounded, with obscure, verrucose basal callus.Column less than 1 mm long; column-foot incurved, 2–3 mm long.

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