Polystachya caespitifica
hollandii
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Higher forested slopes, Castle Beacon, Vumba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Higher forested slopes, Castle Beacon, Vumba
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| Synonyms: |
Polystachya hollandii L. Bolus |
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| Frequency: | Occasional |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small epiphyte or occasional lithophyte, forming dense clumps. Pseudobulbs slender, narrowly cylindric, up to 5 cm tall, 1-leaved. Leaf up to 12 cm long grass-like, more or less terete, tubular in the basal part. Inflorescence arising from the leaf fold, several-flowered, much shorter than the leaf. Flowers c. 13 mm in diameter with spreading lateral sepals, white with mauve markings and a yellow spot in the throat and centre of the lip, delicately rose-scented. |
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| Habitat: | Montane evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1500 - 2300 m |
| Flowering time: | March |
| Worldwide distribution: | This subsp. is only known from Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Subsp. caespitifica and subsp. latilabris occur in Kenya and Tanzania. |
| FZ divisions: | E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 14 November 2011 |
| Literature: |
Ball, J.S. (1978). Southern African Epiphytic Orchids. Conservation Press, Johannesburg. Pages 160 - 161. as Polystachya hollandii (Includes a picture). Cribb, P.J. (1984). Orchidaceae (Part 2) Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 354. Grosvenor, R.K. (1976). A list of orchids indigenous in Rhodesia. Excelsa 6 Page 85. As Polystachya hollandii Kimberley, M.J. (2003). A List of Epiphytic Orchids of Zimbabwe Excelsa 20 Page 50. La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1998). Orchidaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 11(2) Pages 360 - 362. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 97. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 84. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Polystachya caespitificaAfrican Plant Database: Polystachya caespitifica
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