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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Terrestrial herb growing from a tuber with separate fertile and sterile shoots; sterile shoot up to 8 cm tall, leaves conduplicate, to 20 x 1-2.5 cm, linear to narrowly lanceolate, acuminate; inflorescence 7-17 cm, dense, c. 30 flowered, ovary and pedicel 1.5-2 cm long, bracts lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat longer than ovaries; flowers c. 15 mm in diameter, bright red, the posterior petal lobes and inside of the galea usually yellow with bright red blotches; dorsal sepal erect, 7.5-11.5 x 5-8 mm long, rhomboid, subacute, spur pendent, 8-13 mm long, slender, cylindrical; lateral sepals suboblique, 9-10(12) mm long, ovate-oblong, obtuse to rarely apiculate; petals 2-lobed, anterior lobe 4-7 x c.3 mm, narrowly ovate rounded, spreading with the upper margin curved over the anther; posterior lobe erect inside the galea, 7-9 mm tall, oblanceolate, truncate; lip 9-10 mm long, linear, pendent; anther erect, c.4 mm long; stigma sessile, 3-lobed. |
| Type location: |
DRC, Katanga |
| Notes: | Red data status: VU D2 |
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| Habitat: | Dambo grasslands and rarely grassy areas in Brachystegia woodlands |
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| Flowering time: | Jan.-Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Katanga region of DRC into Zambia |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | W,C |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Lk |
| Growth form(s): | Terrestrial. |
| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 165. Linder, H.P. (1981). Taxonomic studies in the Disinae (Orchidaceae): IV A revision of Disa Berg. sect. Micranthae Lindl. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 51(3/4) Pages 310 - 312. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 119. Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 81 - 82. (Includes a picture). |
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