Disa tenuicornis Bolus 1885 SECTION Disella Photo by © Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

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Common Name or Meaning The Narrow Spurred Disa

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in southwestern Cape Province South Africa on steep south facing slopes in sandy soils at elevations of 700 to 1200 meters as a miniature to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a robust, erect stem carrying, linear-acuminate, imbricate, grading intothe bracts above leaves that blooms in the later winter on a terminal, erect, densely many flowered inflorescence with dry brown floral bracts and carries mild to pungently urine scented flowers.

This terrestrial orchid is dependent on fires to bloom.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Schelpe, Linder and Hall 1982 photo fide; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999 photo fide; The Cape Orchids Vol 2 Liltved & Johnson 2012 photos fide;

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