Disa longifolia Lindl. 1838 SECTION Disella Photo by © Kurzweil
Drawing by Harry Bolus and © The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz Website
LATE 
EARLY 
Common Name The Long Leaved Disa
Flower Size .36" [9 mm]
Found in southwest Cape Province South Africa in damp areas at elevations of 600 to 1200 meters as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying erect, linear, cauline leaves that blooms in the late winter and early spring on a terminal, erect, usually dense, cylindric, to 16" [40 cm,] long, many flowered inflorescence with usually longer than the flowers floral bracts.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schlepe and Hall 1982; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999 photo fide; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 2 Part One Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2001;
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