Disa engleriana Kraenzl.

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Dambo/Grassland/High rainfall Miombo Woodland
Kapishya Springs
Jan 2017
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Synonyms:	Disa subscutellifera Kraenzl.
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Frequency:	Locally frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Terrestrial herb growing from a tuber with separate fertile and sterile shoots; sterile shoot up to 60 cm tall, leaves 2-4, to 22 x 2 cm, linear-lanceolate, acute; fertile shoot up to 60 cm tall, cauline leaves imbricate, 4-8 cm, closely sheathing the scape; inflorescence 6-22 cm, lax to subdensely 3-20 flowered, ovary and pedicel c. 2 cm long, bracts 3-5 cm long, ovate, acuminate, usually overtopping flowers; flowers facing down, pink, dorsal sepal 14-22 mm long, spathulate, spur pendent from shortly below middle of dorsal sepal, 13-20 mm long, clavate, spreading sideways and upwards; lateral sepals 13-20 mm long, obliquely oblong, spreading sideways and upwards; petals 2-lobed, 10-15 mm long, anterior lobe 7-11 x 5-8 mm, margin entire or rarely serrate, spreading; posterior lobe 10-15 x 3-5 mm, ovate-spathulate, acute to serrate apically; lip 14-18 mm long, linear, pendent.
Type location:	Tanzania
Notes:	See Disa ukingensis for comparison.
Derivation of specific name:	engleriana: after Dr Prof Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1844-1930), German Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Berlin, who promoted botanical exploration in Africa.
Habitat:	Brachystegia and Uapaca woodland and associated dambos and grasslands on lateritic and sandy soil.
Altitude range:	1000 - 2000 m
Flowering time:	Jan - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N,W,E
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Cb,N,Mc
Growth form(s):	Terrestrial.
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Content last updated:	Thursday 6 July 2017
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 321. La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 167. (Includes a picture). La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 115. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 119. Summerhayes, V.S. (1964). African orchids XXIX Kew Bulletin 17(3) Page 538. Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 80 - 81. As Disa englerana (Includes a picture).

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