Disa elegans Sond. ex Rchb.f. 1865 SECTION Disa

Photos courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website

Common Name The Elegant Disa

Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]

Found in outhwestern Cape Province South Africa in mountains in marshy to wet areas at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters as a small to just large sized, cold growing terrestrial with all cauline, largest basally leaves that blooms after fires in the spring on a corymbose, to 24" [to 60 cm] long, to 15 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Orthopenthea elegans (Sond. ex Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1912

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982 photo fide; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999 photo fide; A molecular phylogeny for the large African orchid genus Disa Bytebier 2006