Disa lineata Bolus 1885 SECTION Disa
Photos courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website
Common Name The Longitudinally Striped Disa
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in southwestern Cape Province South Africa in mountains on rock ledges at elevations of 600 to 1200 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with narrowly lanceolate, cauline, erect leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, 16" [40 cm] long, lax 3 to 20 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999 photo fide;
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