Disa albomagentea E.G.H.Oliv. & Liltved 2011 SECTION Disella Photo by © E.G.H. Oliver and The Science Direct Website

EARLY

Common Name or Meaning The White and Magenta Disa

Flower Size .44 to .64" [1.1 to 1.6 cm]

Found in western Cape Province South Africa in montane forests at elevations of 1100 to 1350 meters as a mini-miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with 7 to 14, cauline, canaliculate, basal ones longest, grading smaller above into bracts that blooms in the spring and early summer on a 1.6 to 5.2" [4 to 13 cm] long, conical becoming ellipsoid to cylindrical, densely 6 to 150 flowered inflorescence with narrowly ovate to ovate, acuminate as long as or shorter than the ovary.

Similar to the variable D obtusa but differs most prominently in that this species has white and magenta flowers without any spotting

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Cape Orchids Vol 2 Litved & Johnson 2012 photo fide

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