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Disa atrorubens
Also called Blood Monadisa, West Blood Disa
Disa atrorubens is a terrestrial orchid from the Cape fynbos of South Africa, grown from tubers and flowering mainly after wildfires. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, and it is best left in its native habitat.
Disa atrorubens is a perennial plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Disa and is part of the fynbos. The species is endemic to the Northern Cape and the Western Cape. It occurs from the Cape Peninsula and Cape Hangklip to Nieuwoudtville. The plant flowers only after wildfires and is threatened by development, crop cultivation and invasive plants.
Wolfsbane Disa · Disa aequiloba · Disa alinae · Disa alticola · Disa amoena · Disa andringitrana · Disa aperta · Kleinkaroo Disa · Disa aristata · Metallic Disa · Langeberg Golden Disa · Beard Disa
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Disa atrorubens 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.
