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Neobolusia stolzii
stolzii
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Photo: Penny English
near Chelinda bridge in Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
near Chelinda bridge in Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
near Chelinda bridge in Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
near Chelinda bridge in Nyika National Park.
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Terrestrial herb 18–65 cm tall, growing from spherical or ellipsoid tubers c. 10 mm long. Leaves 3–6, largest near the base, Lanceolate, 5–13.5 cm long, acute, decreasing in size up the stem, upper ones bract-like. Inflorescence laxly 2–12-flowered. Sepals and petals yellow-green, lip dull maroon with a white or greenish margin. Sepals lanceolate to ovate, 6–11 mm long, pointes; dorsal sepal projecting over the column; lateral sepals spreading, slightly longer than the dorsal sepal. Petals 4-9 mm long, lanceolate, pointed, ciliolate. Lip oblong-spathulate, 5-9 mm long, entire, convex with a large hairy callus in the lower centre. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | stolzii: after Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917), German missionary, merchant and plant collector in Angola and Malawi, particularly of orchids. |
| Habitat: | In damp montane grassland, on seepage slopes or amongst rocks. |
| Altitude range: | 1800 - 2300 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. |
| Malawi distribution: | N,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 13 October 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 331. (Includes a picture). La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 28. (Includes a picture). La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 35. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 123. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 138. Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 26 - 27. As Neobolusia stolzii (Includes a picture). |
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