Disa maculata L.f. 1782 SECTION Phlebidia

Plant and Flowers in situ Cape Province

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

Common Name The Spotted Disa

Flower Size 1.4" [3.5 cm]

Found in southwestern Cape Province near streams on rock ledges and in crevices in mountains at elevations around 600 to 1200 meters as a sub-flexuous, small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with a basal rosette of elliptic, the rest cauline sheathing leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, to 12" [to 30 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Schizodium maculatum (L.f.) Lindl. 1838

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

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