Disa newdigateae L.Bolus 1931 SECTION Trichochila Drawing by © Bolus and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

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Common Name or Meaning Newdigate's Disa [South African Discoverer of species 1900's]

Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]

Found in southern Cape Province South Africa at elevations around 210 meters as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a slender, reed-like strem carrying radical, linear, cauline, lax to sub-imbricate leaves that blooms in the fall on a terminal, erect, to 5.2" [13 cm] long, lax, several to many flowered inflorescence

A very rare terrestrial that was last seen in 1935 and may be extinct. The Drawing is cited as D forficaria in error, Lucy Bolus the daughter-in -law of Harry Bolus who drew the drawing above realized that her father-in-law was incorrect in his determination and described it as a new species, D newdigateae.

Synonyms Herschelia newdigateae (L.Bolus) H.P.Linder 1981; Herschelianthe newdigateae (L.Bolus) N.C.Anthony 1985

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Schelpe, Linder and Hall 1982 as Herschelia newdigatyeae; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000 as Herschelianthe newdigateae; The Cape Orchids Vol 2 Liltved & Johnson 2012 drawings fide;

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