Disa richardiana Lem. ex Bolus 1884 SECTION Disa
Photos courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website
Common Name Richard's Disa [French Botanist 1800's]
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in SW Cape Province South Africa, in moss on rock ledges or damp turfy areas in full sun at elevations of 1000 to 1500 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing terresrial with radical, ellitpical leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, terminal, corymbose, to 12" [30 cm] long, 3 to 8 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Orthopenthea obtusa (Lindl.) Schelpe 1966; Orthopenthea richardiana (Lem. ex Bolus) Rolfe 1912; Penthea obtusa Lindl. 1838; Penthea virginea Harv. 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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