Disa tripetaloides [Lf.] N.E. Br. 1889 SECTION Disa Linder Photo by Jan of South Africa
Flower Closeup Photo by Lourens Grobler
Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Anna S. Chai
Plant and Flowers insitu South Africa Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.
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Common Name The Tripetalus-Like Disa
Flower Size to about 1" [to 2.5 cm]
Found as a small to large sized, cold growing terrestrial in South Africa near permanent and fast moving water along streams, rock crevasses, seepage areas and waterfalls to elevations of 1000 meters, with narrowly oblanceolate or elliptic basal leaves with smaller stem leaves that blooms on a 2 to 5" [5 to 12.5 cm] long, apical, loosely many flowered inflorescence occuring in the winter and late summer. Culture as for Disa uniflora.
Synonyms Disa excelsa Sw. 1800; Disa falcata Schltr. 1893; Disa venosa Lindl. 1838; Herschelia excelsa (Thunb.) Kraenzl. 1904; Herschelianthe excelsa (Thunb.) Rauschert 1983; *Orchis tripetaloides L. f. 1781; Satyrium excelsum Thunb. 1784
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Die Orchideen #5 17-20 tafel 6 Rudolph Schlechter 1971 photo fide; Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1973 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 10 1980 photo; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 3 1985 photo; Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family Dressler 1993 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 10 2005 photo; A molecular phylogeny for the large African orchid genus Disa Bytebier 2006
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