Disa tenuis Lindley 1838 SECTION Trichochila
Photo by © Mahendran Moodley and The Wild Orchids of South Africa Website
Drawing by © Harry Bolus and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
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Common Name or Meaning The Delicate Disa
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in southwestern Cape province in montane stony habitats at elevations between sea level and 1000 meters as a small to medium [when in bloom sized], cool to cold growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying 2 to 4, grasslike, linear leaves withering before flowering in the fall on a terminal, erect, elongate, lax to cylindrical, many flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Amphigena leptostachys [Sond] Rolfe 1913; Amphigena tenuis [Lindl] Rolfe 1913; Disa leptostachys Sond. 1846; Monadenia tenuis [Lindl] Kraenzl. 1900;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Amphigena tenuis; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe and Hall 1982 photo fide; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 2 Part One Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2001 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #5 2015 drawing fide;
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