Disa fragrans Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Disa

Characteristics

Terrestrial herb, slender to robust, geophyte, 0.07-0.50 m high; with root tubers. Leaves of sterile shoot 2, narrowly elliptic, conduplicate; of fertile shoot 4-9 cauline, sheathing, with purple spots and bars, grading into floral bracts. Inflorescence a slender, very dense, cylindrical spike 30-100 mm long; flowers 30-80, white to pale lilac, often mottled reddish pink. Sepals subequal; median sepal erect, galeate, spurred; spur pendent, 5-10 mm long, slender to club-shaped; lateral sepals porrect. Petals oblanceolate, obtuse. Lip small, 3-6 mm long, pendent. Flowering time Feb.-May.
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Terrestrial herb, up to 500 mm tall. Leaves usually with purple bars around sheaths. Spur slender, 5-10 mm long. Petals oblanceolate, obtuse. Flowers white to pale lilac or carmine, usually mottled.
An orchid. It grows 50 cm tall. The flowers are white to pale lilac. The tubers are 2.5 cm long and 1 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Edible roots tubers
Therapeutic use -
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Disa fragrans world distribution map, present in Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:630118-1
WFO ID wfo-0000944383
COL ID 36RYX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Disa fragrans

Lower taxons

Disa fragrans subsp. deckenii Disa fragrans subsp. fragrans