Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw. 1800 SECTION Herschelianthe Linder
Flower Closeup Photos by © Cameron McMaster
Plant and Flowers in situ South Africa
Photo courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website
Common Name The Spathulate Disa
Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]
Found in S Cape Province South Africa, in damp and well drained places on shale and sandstone in full sun at elevations of sea-level to 1200 meters as a small to just medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with flat, linear, green leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, terminal, to 12" [ to 30 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence,
Synonyms Disa spathulata subsp. tripartita (Lindl.) H.P.Linder 1999; Disa tripartita Lindl. 1838;Herschelia spathulata (L.f.) Rolfe 1913; Herschelia tripartita (Lindl.) Rolfe 1913; Herschelianthe spathulata (L.f.) Rauschert 1983; Herschelianthe spathulata subsp. tripartita (Lindl.) N.C.Anthony 1985; Herschelianthe tripartita (Lindl.) Rauschert 1983; *Orchis spathulata L.f. 1782; Satyrium spathulatum (L.f.) Thunb.1794
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982 photo fide; A molecular phylogeny for the large African orchid genus Disa Bytebier 2006
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