Disa pygmaea Bolus 1885 SECTION Monadenia
Photo courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website
Common Name The Small Disa
Flower Size 1/3" [8mm]
Found in southwestern Cape Province South Africa, in dry rocky or stony areas in full sun at elevations of sea-level to 900 meters as a mini-minature sized, cool growing terresrial blooming in the spring on an erect, terminal, obovate, dense, to 6" [15 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Monadenia pygmaea (Bolus) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982 as Monadenia pygmaea photo fide; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999 photo fide; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 2 Part One Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2001 photo fide; A molecular phylogeny for the large African orchid genus Disa Bytebier 2006
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