Disa rungweensis leaves

    Disa rungweensis leaves
    Author: Ivan Lätti
    Photographer: Judd Kirkel Welwitch

    Disa rungweensis grows ten to fifteen pointed, narrowly elliptic leaves that sheathe the stem. The basal leaves are long and narrowly lance-shaped, borne semi-erectly. The leaves fold in along the longitudinal axis of their blades. Leaf margins undulate and are sometimes crisped. The largest leaves are about 9 cm long and up to 1,5 cm wide.

    Stem leaves or cauline leaves reduce in size on the way up (iNaturalist; www.orchidspecies.com; www.nyika-vwaza-trust.org).

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