Disa purpurascens Bolus 1884 SECTION Trichochila Photos by © Marland Holderness and his Flickr Website
Photo courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website
Plant and Flowers in situ Photo by © Cameron McMaster
Another In Situ Plant Photo by © Luc Pegram
Common Name The Very Purple Disa
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in southwestern Cape Province South Africa, in dry rocky or stony areas in full sun at elevations of sea-level to 300 meters as a medium sized, cool growing terresrial blooming in the spring on an erect, terminal, to 20" [50 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence carrying very fragrant flowers
Synonyms Herschelia purpurascens (Bolus) Kraenzl. 1900; Herschelianthe purpurascens (Bolus) Rauschert 1983
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Herschelia purpurescens; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982 as Herschelia purpurascens photo fide; African Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997 as Herschelianthe purpurescens; 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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