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| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Terrestrial herb 18–65 cm tall, growing from pherical or ellipsoid tubers c. 10 mm long. Leaves 3–6, lanceolate, 5–13.5 cm long, decreasing in size up the stem. Inflorescence laxly 2–12-flowered; sepals and petals yellow-green, lip dull maroon with a white or greenish margin. Dorsal sepal lanceolate to ovate, 6–11 mm long, projecting over the column; lateral sepals spreading, oblique, slightly longer than dorsal sepal. Petals lanceolate, 4–9 mm long. Lip oblong-spathulate, 5–9 mm long, entire, convex with a large hairy callus in the lower centre. |
| Notes: | Var. stolzii occurs in Malawi and the Nyika area in Zambia. It differs in having ciliate margins on the petals. |
| Derivation of specific name: | stolzii: after Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917), German missionary and plant collector in Angola and Malawi. glabripetala: glabrous petals, referring to the petals lacking ciliate margins in this variety. |
| Habitat: | Damp montane grassland, among rocks on seepage slopes. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1800 - 2300 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from Mt Nyangani in Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Fibeck, W. & Dare, M. (1993). Terrestrial Orchids in Zimbabwe. Excelsa 16 Page 67. As Neobolusia stolzii Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 167. Grosvenor, R.K. (1976). A list of orchids indigenous in Rhodesia. Excelsa 6 Page 84. As Neobolusia stolzii La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 28. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 129. 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. Summerhayes, V.S. (1962). African orchids XXVIII Kew Bulletin 16(2) Pages 255 - 257. Protologue of this variety |
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