Disa stairsii Kraenzl. 1892 SECTION Stoloniferae Linder

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Common Name Stairs' Disa

Flower Size 1/2" to .8" [1.2 to 2 cm]

Found in Rwanda, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania in bamboo and ericoid vegetation in high mountains and in swamps in full sun at elevations of 2100 to 3750 meters as a large sized, cold growing terrestrial or occcasional epiphyte with cauline, in a basal rosette leaves that blooms at most any time of the year on an erect, terminal, thick, to 36" [ to 90 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence,

Synonyms Disa bakeri Rolfe 1907; Disa gregoriana Rendle 1895; Disa luxurians Kraenzl. 1900; Disa wissmannii Kraenzl. 1895

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Kenya Stewart & Campbell 1995; A molecular phylogeny for the large African orchid genus Disa Bytebier 2006