Holothrix triloba (Rolfe) Kraenzl. 1901 Collection sheet and drawing by © Thomson and The Europeana Website

Common Name The Three Lobed Holothrix

Flower Size

Found in southwest Tanzania in upland grasslands at elevations of 2100 to 2250 meters as a miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with obovoid tubers giving rise to 1 to 2, basal, orbicular leaves that are ofen shriveled at blooming on an erect, rachis 2.8 to 5.2" [7 to 13 cm] long, rather densely many flowered, secund inflorescence with numerous, lanceolate, acuminate sheaths and lanceolate, acuminate, nearly as long as the ovary floral bracts.

Synonyms *Deroemera triloba Rolfe 1898

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Deroemeria triloba; Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 1 Summerhayes 1968;

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