Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
ochrostachya : with a yellow spike
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Disa ochrostachya Rchb.f. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=117360
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Slender terrestrial herb, up to 1 m tall. Leaves on a separate shoot, 2-3, erect, elliptic, up to 20 × 4 cm, folded along the length. Leaves along the fertile shoot, up to 9 × 3 cm, sheathing. Inflorescence cylindric, 15-30 cm long, dense, 50-200-flowered, bracts 1.5-2.5 cm long, pointed. Flowers c. 1 cm in diameter, bright yellow, often spotted orange. Dorsal sepal obovate, 6-9 mm long with a pendent spur, up to 12 mm long arising from the middle. Lateral sepals spreading, 6-9 mm long. Petals 2-lobed. Lip pendent, linear, 5-9 mm long.
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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 ochrostachya Rchb.f. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=117360
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Angola, Cameroon, DRC, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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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 ochrostachya Rchb.f. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=117360
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
