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STENOGLOTTIS zambesiaca Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 12, (1898) Author: (By R. A. Rolfe.)
Names
STENOGLOTTIS zambesiaca Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Information
Plant 6–15 in. high. Leaves 7–12, radical, tufted, lanceolate, acute, narrowed and almost petiolate above the sheathing base, 2 1/2–5 1/2 in. long. Scapes 6–15 in. long; racemes elongate, laxly many-flowered, subsecund, 2 1/2–6 in. long. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 1 1/2–5 lin. long. Pedicels 3–4 lin. long. Sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, 1 1/2 lin. long. Petals suborbicular-oblong, as long as but rather broader than the sepals. Lip 3 1/2 lin. long, cuneate-linear, apical third trilobed; side lobes oblong, obtuse; front lobe linear, obtuse, 1 lin. long, much narrower and slightly shorter than the side lobes. Column stout, 1/2 lin long.
Distribution
Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Buchanan, 385!
Notes
Has the habit of the Natal S. longifolia, Hook. f., but is markedly different in its trilobed lip. From S. fimbriata, Lindl., it differs in the shape of the leaves, and in various other details. Cultivated specimens introduced by Mr. Buchanan flowered in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, in 1881.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 12, (1898) Author: (By R. A. Rolfe.)
Names
STENOGLOTTIS zambesiaca Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Information
Plant 6–15 in. high. Leaves 7–12, radical, tufted, lanceolate, acute, narrowed and almost petiolate above the sheathing base, 2 1/2–5 1/2 in. long. Scapes 6–15 in. long; racemes elongate, laxly many-flowered, subsecund, 2 1/2–6 in. long. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 1 1/2–5 lin. long. Pedicels 3–4 lin. long. Sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, 1 1/2 lin. long. Petals suborbicular-oblong, as long as but rather broader than the sepals. Lip 3 1/2 lin. long, cuneate-linear, apical third trilobed; side lobes oblong, obtuse; front lobe linear, obtuse, 1 lin. long, much narrower and slightly shorter than the side lobes. Column stout, 1/2 lin long.
Distribution
Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Buchanan, 385!
Notes
Has the habit of the Natal S. longifolia, Hook. f., but is markedly different in its trilobed lip. From S. fimbriata, Lindl., it differs in the shape of the leaves, and in various other details. Cultivated specimens introduced by Mr. Buchanan flowered in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, in 1881.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 12, (1898) Author: (By R. A. Rolfe.)
Names
STENOGLOTTIS zambesiaca Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Information
Plant 6–15 in. high. Leaves 7–12, radical, tufted, lanceolate, acute, narrowed and almost petiolate above the sheathing base, 2 1/2–5 1/2 in. long. Scapes 6–15 in. long; racemes elongate, laxly many-flowered, subsecund, 2 1/2–6 in. long. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 1 1/2–5 lin. long. Pedicels 3–4 lin. long. Sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, 1 1/2 lin. long. Petals suborbicular-oblong, as long as but rather broader than the sepals. Lip 3 1/2 lin. long, cuneate-linear, apical third trilobed; side lobes oblong, obtuse; front lobe linear, obtuse, 1 lin. long, much narrower and slightly shorter than the side lobes. Column stout, 1/2 lin long.
Distribution
Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Buchanan, 385!
Notes
Has the habit of the Natal S. longifolia, Hook. f., but is markedly different in its trilobed lip. From S. fimbriata, Lindl., it differs in the shape of the leaves, and in various other details. Cultivated specimens introduced by Mr. Buchanan flowered in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, in 1881.
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