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Disa cernua is a disa species
Description[]
Plant blooms from Spring to summer with a cluster of 2 cm flowers.
Distribution[]
Plant is found in cool grasslands of South Western and Southern Cape Province of South Africa at elevations of around 15 meters.
Culture[]
Naming[]
Common Name:The Overhanging Disa
Synonyms[]
- Monadenia cernua (Thunb.) T. Durand & Schinz 1895
- Disa physodes Thunb., Fl. Cap. 1: 71 (1807), nom. illeg.
- Disa prasinata Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 3: t. 210 (1817).
- Monadenia prasinata (Ker Gawl.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 358 (1838).
- Monadenia inflata Sond., Linnaea 19: 102 (1846).
- Satyrium cernuum Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 5 (1794).
- Monadenia cernua (Thunb.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 111 (1894).