Disa robusta N.E.Br. 1898 Micranthae
Photo courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website
EARLY 
Common Name The Robust Disa
Flower Size 1.4" [3.5 cm]
Found in Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia, in montane grasslands in full sun at elevations of 2000 to 3200 meters as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with 2 to 4, semi-erect, conduplicate, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, acute leaves that blooms in the early summer on an erect, terminal, subdense, 2.8 to 6" [7 to 15 cm] long, 10 to 20 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Disa coccinea Kraenzl.1902; Disa praestans Kraenzl.1902
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Of Tropical East Africa Vol 1 Summerhayes 1968; Orchids of East Africa Piers 1968; The Orchids of South Central Africa Williamson 1977 drawing fide; Flore D'Afrique Centrale [Zaire- Rwands - Burundi] Orhidaceae Premeir parte Geerink 1984 drawing fide; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 OrchidaceaePart 1 Pope 1995 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 76 #3 2012 photo fide;
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