Disa venusta Bolus 1884 SECTION Trichochila Photos by © Cameron McMaster
Inflorescence Photo by © Jaco Adendorff
Plant & Flowers in situ South Africa
Photo courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website
Common Name The Charming Disa
Flower Size 1.3 [3.2 cm]
Found in southwestern and eastern Cape Province South Africa in damp areas in full sun at elevations of sea-level to 1000 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the summer on an erect, terminal, to 24" [to 60 cm] long, laxly 12 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Herschelia venusta (Bolus) Kraenzl. 1900; Herschelianthe venusta (Bolus) Rauschert 1983
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982 as Herschelia venusta photo fide; 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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