Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw. 1800 SECTION Trichochila
Flower Closeup Photos by © Cameron McMaster
Plant and Flowers in situ South Africa
Photo courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website
Common Name The Spathulate Disa
Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]
Found in southern Cape Province South Africa, in damp and well drained places on shale and sandstone in full sun at elevations of sea-level to 1200 meters as a miniature to just medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with flat, linear, green leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, terminal, to 12" [to 30 cm] long, 1 to 4 flowered inflorescence,
Synonyms Disa atropurpurea Sond. 1846; Disa propinqua Sond. 1846; Disa spathulata subsp. tripartita (Lindl.) H.P.Linder 1999; Disa tripartita Lindl. 1838; Herschelia atropurpurea (Sond.) Rolfe 1913; Herschelia spathulata (L.f.) Rolfe 1913; Herschelia tripartita (Lindl.) Rolfe 1913; Herschelianthe atropurpurea (Sond.) Rauschert 1983; Herschelianthe spathulata (L.f.) Rauschert 1983; Herschelianthe spathulata subsp. tripartita (Lindl.) N.C.Anthony 1985; Herschelianthe tripartita (Lindl.) Rauschert 1983; *Orchis spathulata L.f. 1782; Satyrium spathulatum (L.f.) Thunb.1794
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as D spathulata var atropurpurescens; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as D atropurpurescens drawing ok; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 5 257- 320 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1974 as Herschelia spathulata; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982 as Herschleia spathulata subsp tripartia photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 #1 1995 photo fideAfrican Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997 as Herschelianthe spatulata; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999 photo fide; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999 as D spathulata subsp tripartita photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000 as Herschelianthe spatulata photo fide; A molecular phylogeny for the large African orchid genus Disa Bytebier 2006
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