Disa fasciata Lindl. 1838 SECTION Vaginaria TYPE for the section

Plant and Flowers in situ Cape Province

Photo courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website

Common Name The Striped Disa

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in SW & S Cape Province South Africa in sandy areas in mountains at elevations of sealevel to 1000 meters as a small sized, cool growing terrestrial with cauline, mostly sheathing, purple basrred at base leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, to 10" [to 25 cm] long, corymbose, 1 to 4 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Orthopenthea fasciata (Lindl.) Rolfe 1912

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