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Holothrix tridactylites
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Photo: Penny English
Along the track to Fingira rock, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Along the track to Fingira rock, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Along the track to Fingira rock, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Along the track to Fingira rock, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Along the track to Fingira rock, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Along the track to Fingira rock, Nyika National Park.
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Terrestrial herb 5–11 cm tall, growing from ovoid tubers, 10–20 mm long. Leaf 1, appressed to the ground, orbicular to kidney-shaped, 7–15 mm long and wide, hairless, more or less withered at flowering time. Scape hairy at the base, hairless towards the apex and with 2–3 bract-like leaves. Inflorescence laxly 2–10-flowered, flowers more or less secund; ovary 5–7 mm long; bracts 2.5 mm long. Flowers white, sometimes tinged with lilac. Sepals green, ovate, 2–2.5 mm long, lateral sepals oblique. Petals 4–5 mm long, 3-lobed; lobes 2–3.5 mm long, very shortly papillose. Lip cuneate or oblong, 4–6 mm long, lying against the column at the base, 3-lobed with lobes similar to the petal lobes but slightly shorter. Spur 3–4 mm long, slender, tapering, straight or slightly incurved. |
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| Habitat: | Dry montane grassland, usually recently burnt |
| Altitude range: | 2050 - 2300 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. |
| Malawi distribution: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 24 September 2020 |
| 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 329. La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Pages 39 - 40. (Includes a picture). La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 42. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 122. Summerhayes, V.S. (1962). African orchids XXVIII Kew Bulletin 16(2) Pages 253 - 255. Protologue (Includes a picture). Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 23 - 25. (Includes a picture). |
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