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Tryphia orthoceras

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Name

Identification
Holothrix orthoceras (Harv.) Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Tryphia orthoceras Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Holothrix parviflora
  • Tryphia orthoceras
  • Holothrix orthoceras

Flora

Entry for HOLOTHRIX orthoceras 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
HOLOTHRIX orthoceras Reichb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 119;—Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 190, and Ic. Orch. Austr.-Afr. ii. t. 34; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 71; Bot. Mag. t. 7523; Schlechter in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 1899, 17; Kränzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 582.
Tryphia orthoceras Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Thes. Cap. ii. 4, t. 105, fig. A.
Information
plant 1/3– 3/4 ft. high, with 2 ovoid tubers; leaves 2, unequal, broadly ovate or elliptic-ovate, subacute, submembranous, with white reticulated veins, glabrous, 1–2 in. long; scapes 1/2– 3/4 ft. high, rather slender, pubescent, without sheaths; racemes 1–3 in. long, dense or sometimes lax, secund; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, pubescent, about 1 lin. long; pedicels about 2 lin. long; flowers 4–5 lin. long, white, membranous; sepals ovate, acute, glabrous, 1 lin. long, 1-nerved; petals oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 lin. long, 1-nerved; lip 4–5 lin. long, cuneate, narrow at the base, unequally lobed; sides lobes linear, subacute, the middle part divided into 3 or rarely 5 broadly triangular teeth; spur narrowly conical, nearly straight, about one-third as long as the limb; column stout, about half as long as the petals. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Albany Div.; near Grahamstown, 2000–3000 ft., Atherstone, 27! MacOwan, 1288! Schönland, Glass, Schlechter, 2571, South, Hutton! Stocken-strom Div.; Kat Berg, Hutton! King Williamstown Div.; Perie, 4000 ft., Sim, 947. British Kaffraria; Mrs. Barber! Eastern frontier of Cape Colony, Hutton!EASTERN REGION Natal; Drakensberg Range, Fannin in Herb. Sanderson, 706! Krans Kop, McKen, 28! Greytown, McKen in Herb. Sanderson, 1009! Mid Illovo, 2000 ft., Wood, 1869! Weenen, 3000–4000 ft., Wylie in Herb. Wood, 6764; sources of Polela River, 6000–7000 ft., Evans, 617; Umkomaas, in woods, 4000–6000 ft., Wood!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; near Barberton, 3600 ft., Culver, 50, Thorncroft, 391, Mrs. Deglon! Houtbosch, 5500 ft., Schlechter, 4738! (4748 ex Schlechter), near Mailas Kop, Schlechter.

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