- Family: Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus: Disa P.J.Bergius
Disa chimanimaniensis (H.P.Linder) H.P.Linder
- Genus: Disa P.J.Bergius
This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Tropical Africa (Chimanimani Mountains).
[FZ]
Orchidaceae, I. la Croix and P.J. Cribb. Flora Zambesiaca 11:1. 1995
- Habit
- Plants 20–40 cm tall.
- Leaves
- Basal leaves 3–6, produced after flowering, up to 20 cm long and 1–2 mm wide, subsclerophyllous. Cauline leaves 4–8, closely sheathing, up to 2 cm long, acuminate.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence laxly 2–8-flowered, 3–8 cm long.
- Bracts
- Bracts dry, not as long as the flowers, ovate, acuminate.
- Flowers
- Flowers pinkish-mauve to white, rarely blue.
- Calyx
- Dorsal sepal galeate; galea erect, 5–7 mm tall, 4 mm wide and 4 mm deep, ovate, acute. Lateral sepals patent, 6–8 mm long, narrowly oblong-ovate, acute.
- Spur
- Spur horizontal at the base, often gradually ascending, 3–4 mm long, cylindrical or somewhat laterally flattened.
- Corolla
- Petals with a basal, ovate anticous lobe 1–1.5 mm wide; petal limb c. 5.5 mm long, lorate, falcately curved beside the anther, included within the galea, the apex acutely bifid.
- Labellum
- Lip 8–10 mm long, ovate, deeply dissected, the margins curved upwards.
- Anthers
- Anther horizontal, c. 1.5 mm long.
- Rostellum
- Rostellum lateral lobes canaliculate, erect, 1–1.5 mm tall.
- Stigma
- Stigma horizontal, 0.6 mm tall.
- Ovary
- Ovary 5–15 mm long.
Native to:
Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Disa chimanimaniensis (H.P.Linder) H.P.Linder appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ball, J.S. [577], Zimbabwe | K000077652 | holotype |
First published in H.P.Linder & H.Kurzweil, Orchids S. Africa: 470 (1999)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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