Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Terrestrial herb, 35-60 cm tall. Leaves along the fertile stem, narrowly lanceolate, up to 15 cm long, sheathing at the base, upper leaves grading into floral bracts. Inflorescence 8-20 cm long, fairly laxly 10-40-flowered. Bracts ovate, pointed, usually shorter than the ovaries. Flowers violet to purple, sometimes white on the lip. Dorsal sepal with a more or less horizontal, cylindric to obconic spur, 6-8 mm, straight, often upcurved at the subclavate apex. Lateral sepals 6-8 mm long, oblong, rounded. Petals falcate, c. 4.5 × 1.5 mm. Lip oblong, rounded, 4.5-6 mm long, convex and papillate on the upper surface.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Disa equestris Rchb. f. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=117310
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Local and uncommon
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Disa equestris Rchb. f. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=117310
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, CAR, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Disa equestris Rchb. f. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=117310
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings