Disa rosea Lindl. 1838 SECTION Pardoglossa TYPE for the section
Photo courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website
LATER
Common Name The Rose Colored Disa
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in SW Cape Province South Africa, on mossy rock ledges in seepages in partial sun at elevations of 600 to 1000 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing terresrial with cauline, lower 2 to 3 spreading, ovate, purple below leaves that blooms in the later spring on an erect, terminal, sub-corymbose, to 8" [20 cm] long, 1 to 10 flowered inflorescence,
Synonyms Orthopenthea rosea (Lindl.) Rolfe 1912
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982 photo fide; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Part 1 Pope 1995; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999 photo fide; A molecular phylogeny for the large African orchid genus Disa Bytebier 2006
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