Disa verdickii De Wild.

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Roadside dambo between Mwinilunga and Solwezi
Jan 2017
Photo: Nick Wightman

Dry to moist dambo in sandy to sandy loam soil
Muchana dambo
Jan 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman

Dry to moist dambo in sandy to sandy loam soil
Kambamba dambo
Jan 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Status:	Native
Description:	Terrestrial herb growing from a tuber with separate fertile and sterile shoots; sterile shoot up to 5 cm tall, leaves conduplicate, to 11 x 1.5 cm, linear to elliptic, acute; inflorescence 8-20 cm, 8-25 flowered, ovary and pedicel c. 2 cm long, bracts ovate-lanceolate, subacuminate, reaching to middle or overtopping flowers; flowers rosy-mauve to magenta-pink; dorsal sepal erect, 20-25 mm tall, spathulate, spur pendent, 6-7 mm long, clavate; lateral sepals suboblique, 20-25 mm long, oblong, obtuse to subacute; petals 2-lobed, anterior lobe 13-15 x 6-8 mm, oblong, spreading with the margins incurved, flanking the anther; posterior lobe 20-22 x 2-3 mm, narrowly oblanceolate to linear, lobes partially overlapping; lip 20-23 mm long, linear, pendent; anther erect, 6-9 mm tall; stigma flat, sessile.
Type location:	DRC
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Habitat:	Wet sandy grasslands and Brachystegia or Uapaca woodlands
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Flowering time:	DEc - Jan
Worldwide distribution:	Angola to DRC and northwestern Zambia
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	W
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Nw
Growth form(s):	Terrestrial.
Endemic status:	Near Endemic
Red data list status:	Data deficient
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Content last updated:	Tuesday 9 April 2019
Literature:	La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Pages 169 - 171. 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 328 - 329. (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 80 - 81. (Includes a picture).

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Disa verdickii
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