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Like D. bolusiana but flowers magenta to white with rostellum arms exserted. Tuberous geophyte, with shortly hairy stem, up to 200 mm tall. Leaves 2 or 3, cauline, ovate. Flower 1, magenta to white. Terrestrial herb, 0.09-0.14 m high, pubescent. Leaves 2, cauline, alternate, ovate, sheaths and margins pubescent, purple below, 19-30 x 9-25 mm. Inflorescence 1-flowered; bracts ovate, acute, 10-12 x 4-6. Flowers magenta or white or white flushed with pink, petals with green spots. Sepals: median sepal ovate, acute, sac-like, 6-10 x 5-8 mm, 7-8 mm deep; lateral sepals obovate, acute, 10-15 x 3-5 mm; spur saccate 2-6 mm deep. Petals adnate to median sepal, curved, falcate, clawed, oblong, acute, 4-8 x 4-5 mm. Lip free from gynostemium, claw 5 mm long, blade deeply cupshaped 2.5 mm long, appendage triangular, apex pubescent, 2.5 mm long. Flowering time Aug.-Oct. Plants pubescent, (45-) 90-140 mm; leaves 2, cauline, alternate, ovate to broadly ovate, sheath, margins and veins beneath pubescent, purple below, mostly 19-30 x 9-25 mm. Inflorescences 1-flowered; bracts ovate, acute, 10-12 x 4-6 mm. Flowers magenta, sometimes pure white or white flushed with pink, petals with green spots; ovary purple, ovoid, (5-) 10-12 mm long. Median sepal broadly ovate, acute, sac-like, 6-10 x 5-8 mm, (6-) 7-8 mm deep; lateral sepals obovate, acute, (8-) 10-15 x 3-5 mm, spurs saccate, 2-6 mm deep. Petals adnate to the median sepal, curved, falcate or geniculate, clawed, oblong, acute, 4-8 x 4-5 mm. Lip free from the gynostemium; claw linear, c. 5 mm long; blade deeply cup-shaped, apex acute, 2.5 mm long; appendage triangular, apex pubescent, 2.5 mm long. Anther reflexed; stigma frontal, bifid; rostellum arms projecting, with the tips deflexed, c. 2.5-5 mm long. Tuberous geophyte, with shortly hairy stem, up to 200 mm tall. Leaves 2 or 3, cauline, ovate. Flower 1, magenta to white. Terrestrial herb, 0.09-0.14 m high, pubescent. Leaves 2, cauline, alternate, ovate, sheaths and margins pubescent, purple below, 19-30 x 9-25 mm. Inflorescence 1-flowered; bracts ovate, acute, 10-12 x 4-6. Flowers magenta or white or white flushed with pink, petals with green spots. Sepals: median sepal ovate, acute, sac-like, 6-10 x 5-8 mm, 7-8 mm deep; lateral sepals obovate, acute, 10-15 x 3-5 mm; spur saccate 2-6 mm deep. Petals adnate to median sepal, curved, falcate, clawed, oblong, acute, 4-8 x 4-5 mm. Lip free from gynostemium, claw 5 mm long, blade deeply cupshaped 2.5 mm long, appendage triangular, apex pubescent, 2.5 mm long. Flowering time Aug.-Oct. Plants pubescent, (45-) 90-140 mm; leaves 2, cauline, alternate, ovate to broadly ovate, sheath, margins and veins beneath pubescent, purple below, mostly 19-30 x 9-25 mm. Inflorescences 1-flowered; bracts ovate, acute, 10-12 x 4-6 mm. Flowers magenta, sometimes pure white or white flushed with pink, petals with green spots; ovary purple, ovoid, (5-) 10-12 mm long. Median sepal broadly ovate, acute, sac-like, 6-10 x 5-8 mm, (6-) 7-8 mm deep; lateral sepals obovate, acute, (8-) 10-15 x 3-5 mm, spurs saccate, 2-6 mm deep. Petals adnate to the median sepal, curved, falcate or geniculate, clawed, oblong, acute, 4-8 x 4-5 mm. Lip free from the gynostemium; claw linear, c. 5 mm long; blade deeply cup-shaped, apex acute, 2.5 mm long; appendage triangular, apex pubescent, 2.5 mm long. Anther reflexed; stigma frontal, bifid; rostellum arms projecting, with the tips deflexed, c. 2.5-5 mm long.

Clay and granite slopes. Drier, mountainous inland areas, in shaded, moist spots at the base of rocks or among shrubs on rocky slopes, usually in seepage areas. Clay and granite slopes. Shaded moist spots at base of rocks. Eastern Fynbos-Renosterveld. Drier, mountainous inland areas, in shaded, moist spots at the base of rocks or among shrubs on rocky slopes, usually in seepage areas. Clay and granite slopes. Shaded moist spots at base of rocks. Eastern Fynbos-Renosterveld.

Richtersveld, Steinkopf, Springbok, Loeriesfontein, Calvinia-Nieuwoudtville Plateau, Roggeveld, Witteberg Mountains, Laingsburg, Uniondale, Humansdorp. Richtersveld in the Northern Cape through the western Karoo with a single record from near Humansdorp. Richtersveld and W Karoo to Witteberg, Langkloof. Richtersveld in the Northern Cape through the western Karoo with a single record from near Humansdorp. Richtersveld and W Karoo to Witteberg, Langkloof.