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Stenoglottis zambesiaca Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
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
Stenoglottis zambesiaca Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 190 (1897). —Stewart in Kew Mag. 6, 1: 17 (1989). TAB. 14. Type: Malawi, Shire Highlands, Buchanan 385 (K, holotype).
Stenoglottis fimbriata [family ORCHIDACEAE], sensu Summerhayes in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 29 (1968). —Goodier & Phipps in Kirkia 1: 52 (1961). —Morris, Epiphyt. Orch. Malawi: 21 (1970). —Moriarty, Wild Fls. Malawi: t. 27, 5 (1975). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 86 (1976). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 107 (1991), non Lindley (1837).
Information
An erect epiphytic or lithophytic herb 10–35 cm tall; tubers to 4 × 1 cm, ellipsoid, woolly.Leaves 6–12 in a basal rosette, spreading or arched, up to 12 × 2 cm, lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute, often spotted with dark brown, the margins undulate.Scape with several lightly spotted sheaths, lanceolate, acuminate, decreasing in size up the scape.Inflorescence erect, rather laxly 5–many-flowered, flowers subsecund; pedicel and ovary 9–10 mm long, the bracts shorter.Flowers pink or lilac, the lip with darker spots.Dorsal sepal 3–5.5 × c. 2 mm, elliptic; lateral sepals slightly longer, obliquely ovate.Petals 5–6 × 3 mm, enfolding the column; sepals and petals with papillose margins.Lip 5–12 × 3–6 mm, narrowly wedge-shaped in outline, 3-lobed in apical third; mid-lobe acute, narrower and usually longer than the truncate side lobes.Column 1–2 mm tall; staminodes fist-shaped, the apex ± tuberculate; stigmatic arms slender, erect or slightly curved.Capsule ribbed, 12–18 mm long.
Habitat
Submontane evergreen forest, occasionally woodland, on rotting logs or mossy rocks, or epiphytic on tree trunks
Altitude range
1300–2150 m.
2150
1300
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Mts., behind Mountain Hut, 1800 m, fl. 6.iv.1969, Simon & Kelly 1852 (K; SRGH).Malawi N S Viphya, Kawandama Forest, 1750 m, fl. 15.v.1983, Dowsett-Lemaire 720 (K).Mozambique M Namaacha, M'Ponduine Mt. (Monte Ponduine), fl. 12.iii.1967, Carvalho 889 (K).Zimbabwe S Bikita Distr., S face of Mt. Horzi, 1180 m, fl. 11.v.1969, Biegel (K; SRGH).Malawi C Dedza Mt., near radio relay station, 2000 m, fl. 3.iii.1977, Grosvenor & Renz 1005 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Chiradzulu Mt., 1450 m, fl. 6.iv.1985, la Croix 690 (K).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
South Africa (Transvaal)
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
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
Stenoglottis zambesiaca Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 190 (1897). —Stewart in Kew Mag. 6, 1: 17 (1989). TAB. 14. Type: Malawi, Shire Highlands, Buchanan 385 (K, holotype).
Stenoglottis fimbriata [family ORCHIDACEAE], sensu Summerhayes in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 29 (1968). —Goodier & Phipps in Kirkia 1: 52 (1961). —Morris, Epiphyt. Orch. Malawi: 21 (1970). —Moriarty, Wild Fls. Malawi: t. 27, 5 (1975). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 86 (1976). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 107 (1991), non Lindley (1837).
Information
An erect epiphytic or lithophytic herb 10–35 cm tall; tubers to 4 × 1 cm, ellipsoid, woolly.Leaves 6–12 in a basal rosette, spreading or arched, up to 12 × 2 cm, lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute, often spotted with dark brown, the margins undulate.Scape with several lightly spotted sheaths, lanceolate, acuminate, decreasing in size up the scape.Inflorescence erect, rather laxly 5–many-flowered, flowers subsecund; pedicel and ovary 9–10 mm long, the bracts shorter.Flowers pink or lilac, the lip with darker spots.Dorsal sepal 3–5.5 × c. 2 mm, elliptic; lateral sepals slightly longer, obliquely ovate.Petals 5–6 × 3 mm, enfolding the column; sepals and petals with papillose margins.Lip 5–12 × 3–6 mm, narrowly wedge-shaped in outline, 3-lobed in apical third; mid-lobe acute, narrower and usually longer than the truncate side lobes.Column 1–2 mm tall; staminodes fist-shaped, the apex ± tuberculate; stigmatic arms slender, erect or slightly curved.Capsule ribbed, 12–18 mm long.
Habitat
Submontane evergreen forest, occasionally woodland, on rotting logs or mossy rocks, or epiphytic on tree trunks
Altitude range
1300–2150 m.
2150
1300
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Mts., behind Mountain Hut, 1800 m, fl. 6.iv.1969, Simon & Kelly 1852 (K; SRGH).Malawi N S Viphya, Kawandama Forest, 1750 m, fl. 15.v.1983, Dowsett-Lemaire 720 (K).Mozambique M Namaacha, M'Ponduine Mt. (Monte Ponduine), fl. 12.iii.1967, Carvalho 889 (K).Zimbabwe S Bikita Distr., S face of Mt. Horzi, 1180 m, fl. 11.v.1969, Biegel (K; SRGH).Malawi C Dedza Mt., near radio relay station, 2000 m, fl. 3.iii.1977, Grosvenor & Renz 1005 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Chiradzulu Mt., 1450 m, fl. 6.iv.1985, la Croix 690 (K).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
South Africa (Transvaal)
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
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
Stenoglottis zambesiaca Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 190 (1897). —Stewart in Kew Mag. 6, 1: 17 (1989). TAB. 14. Type: Malawi, Shire Highlands, Buchanan 385 (K, holotype).
Stenoglottis fimbriata [family ORCHIDACEAE], sensu Summerhayes in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 29 (1968). —Goodier & Phipps in Kirkia 1: 52 (1961). —Morris, Epiphyt. Orch. Malawi: 21 (1970). —Moriarty, Wild Fls. Malawi: t. 27, 5 (1975). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 86 (1976). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 107 (1991), non Lindley (1837).
Information
An erect epiphytic or lithophytic herb 10–35 cm tall; tubers to 4 × 1 cm, ellipsoid, woolly.Leaves 6–12 in a basal rosette, spreading or arched, up to 12 × 2 cm, lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute, often spotted with dark brown, the margins undulate.Scape with several lightly spotted sheaths, lanceolate, acuminate, decreasing in size up the scape.Inflorescence erect, rather laxly 5–many-flowered, flowers subsecund; pedicel and ovary 9–10 mm long, the bracts shorter.Flowers pink or lilac, the lip with darker spots.Dorsal sepal 3–5.5 × c. 2 mm, elliptic; lateral sepals slightly longer, obliquely ovate.Petals 5–6 × 3 mm, enfolding the column; sepals and petals with papillose margins.Lip 5–12 × 3–6 mm, narrowly wedge-shaped in outline, 3-lobed in apical third; mid-lobe acute, narrower and usually longer than the truncate side lobes.Column 1–2 mm tall; staminodes fist-shaped, the apex ± tuberculate; stigmatic arms slender, erect or slightly curved.Capsule ribbed, 12–18 mm long.
Habitat
Submontane evergreen forest, occasionally woodland, on rotting logs or mossy rocks, or epiphytic on tree trunks
Altitude range
1300–2150 m.
2150
1300
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Mts., behind Mountain Hut, 1800 m, fl. 6.iv.1969, Simon & Kelly 1852 (K; SRGH).Malawi N S Viphya, Kawandama Forest, 1750 m, fl. 15.v.1983, Dowsett-Lemaire 720 (K).Mozambique M Namaacha, M'Ponduine Mt. (Monte Ponduine), fl. 12.iii.1967, Carvalho 889 (K).Zimbabwe S Bikita Distr., S face of Mt. Horzi, 1180 m, fl. 11.v.1969, Biegel (K; SRGH).Malawi C Dedza Mt., near radio relay station, 2000 m, fl. 3.iii.1977, Grosvenor & Renz 1005 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Chiradzulu Mt., 1450 m, fl. 6.iv.1985, la Croix 690 (K).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
South Africa (Transvaal)
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