Disa zombica N.E. Br.

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Nyika National Park, Chelinda Hill, N of summit between road and summit

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Synonyms:	Disa nyassana Schltr.
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Description:	Terrestrial herb with separate sterile and fertile shoots. Sterile shoot with leaves 2-3, conduplicate, erect. Fertile shoot up to 60 cm tall. Inflorescence 9-16 cm long, usually dense, 10-25-flowered. Floral bracts much overtopping the flowers. Flowers with grey-greem lateral sepals and magenta to purple petals and dorsal sepal. Dorsal sepal 14-21 mm long, spathulate; claw 7-11mm long, erect, canaliculate, as long as the blade; blade ovate, obtuse, facing down. Spur 4-7 mm, pendent from a small hump near the base of the blade, not reaching the base of the dorsal sepal. Petals 2-lobed; anterior lobe 4-7 mm long, shorter than the claw of the dorsal sepal; posterior lobes oblanceolate. Lip pendent, linear.
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Derivation of specific name:	zombica: of Zomba in Malawi, where the type specimen was found
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Flowering time:	Jan - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Growth form(s):	Terrestrial.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 322. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. Fibeck, W. & Dare, M. (1993). Terrestrial Orchids in Zimbabwe. Excelsa 16 Page 57. Grosvenor, R.K. (1976). A list of orchids indigenous in Rhodesia. Excelsa 6 Page 80. La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 169. La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 117. (Includes a picture). Linder, H.P. (1981). Taxonomic studies in the Disinae (Orchidaceae): IV A revision of Disa Berg. sect. Micranthae Lindl. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 51(3/4) Pages 326 - 328. (Includes a picture). 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 95. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 119. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1976). A Provisional Checklist of the Orchidaceae of Mozambique South African Journal of Botany 42(4) Page 390. Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 79 - 80. (Includes a picture).

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