Source:
SSA
Description:
Terrestrial, lithophytic or occasionally low-level epiphytic herbs, with many tuberous roots. Leaves radical, in rosette at base of stem, sometimes dark-spotted; frequently with crisped or undulate margins; glabrous. Inflorescence a terminal, lax or dense, many-flowered raceme, frequently subsecund; flowers pink or lilac, usually with purple markings; bracts small. Sepals subequal, unlobed; longer than petals. Petals slightly narrower than sepals, unlobed. Lip 3- or 5-lobed, unspurred or spurred, longer than sepals and petals. Gynostemium: very short and broad; anther thecae parallel, anther canals short or absent; pollinia 2, sectile, affixed by short caudicle to small oblong viscidia; stigmatic processes 2, clavate or capitate; rostellum 3-lobed, very short. Capsule oblong, erect. x= 18 (1 report).
Distribution:
Species 4, widespread in the eastern half of sthn Afr., Northern Province, Mpumalanga, Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape; 1 extends northwards as far as Tanzania.
Classification:
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