Disa ovalifolia Sond.1846 SECTION Ovalifoliae Linder TYPE for the section
Photos courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website
Common Name The Oval-Shaped Leaf Disa
Flower Size 3/4" [1.8 cm]
Found in west southwest Cape Province South Africa in sandy soils on mountains at elevations of 100 to 1200 meters as a small to medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with 4 to 6, subpetiolate, ovate spreading leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, terminal, cylindrical, 10 to 15 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms
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; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 2 Part One Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2001; A molecular phylogeny for the large African orchid genus Disa Bytebier 2006
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