Neobolusia ciliata Summerh.

ciliata: fringed with hairs; ciliate

Slender terrestrial herb growin from a fusiform tuber c. 2 cm long. leaves normally 3, largest near the base, lanceolate, up to 6.5 cm long. Inflorescence laxly 3-10-flowered; bracts up to 12 × 5 mm. Sepals greenish to straw-coloured, purple-veined. Petals pale green, often with a pale purple rim and slightly ciliate margins. Lip deep glossy purple, paler or greenish at the tip, up to 13.5 mm long, 3-lobed in the basal half, ciliate along the margin.

Local

Eastern Zimbabwe and adjacent areas in Mozambique (see note)