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Disa aequiloba

Disa aequiloba is a tuberous terrestrial orchid from southern Africa, native to seasonally dry tropical woodland and grassland. It is rarely grown in cultivation, and it needs a dormant dry period and cool, bright conditions to flower.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water freely while in active growth in the wet season, then keep nearly dry during the dormant dry period.
Soil
Free-draining terrestrial orchid mix, such as a peat-free bark and grit blend, kept slightly moist.
Temperature
15–25 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Tanzania to Angola
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Disa aequiloba is a perennial plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Disa. The plant is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia.

Other Disa plants

Wolfsbane Disa · Disa alinae · Disa alticola · Disa amoena · Disa andringitrana · Disa aperta · Kleinkaroo Disa · Disa aristata · Metallic Disa · Orchid · Langeberg Golden Disa · Beard Disa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Disa aequiloba by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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