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Disa fragrans

Disa fragrans

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diseae
SubTribe: Disinae
Genus: Disa
Species: D. fragrans
Alliance:
Binomial name
Disa fragrans
Schltr. 1895


Disa fragrans is a disa species found in Africa.

Description[]

Plants bloom from fall to winter with ten to one hundred and fifty 8 mm wide flowers. Flowers are fragrant.

Distribution[]

Plant is found growing in the grasslands of Rwanda; Zaire; Ethiopia; Sudan; Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda; Malawi; Mozambique; Zimbabwe; Cape Province, Natal, Lesotho, Orange Free State and Transvaal South Africa at elevations of 2100 to 2800 meters

Culture[]

Varieties[]

Image Name Description
Disa fragrans1 Disa fragrans variety sepals and petals are dark yellow
Disa fragrans2 Disa fragrans variety sepals and petals are brown

Naming[]

Common Name:The Fragrant Disa

Synonyms[]

  1. Disa deckenii Rchb.f. 1881
  2. Disa fragrans subsp. deckenii (Rchb.f.) H.P.Linder 1981
  3. Disa kilimanjarica Rendle 1895
  4. Disa leucostachys Kraenzl. 1901
  5. Monadenia junodiana Kraenzl. 1929
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