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Chimanimani Disa

Disa chimanimaniensis

Disa chimanimaniensis is a tuberous perennial terrestrial orchid from the Chimanimani Mountains on the Mozambique and Zimbabwe border. It is a wild montane species with little cultivation history, so grow it only with care and expect difficulty.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water during active growth and let the medium dry slightly between waterings; keep the tuber from sitting wet in cold periods.
Soil
Free-draining, acidic terrestrial mix of peat or sphagnum with sand or fine bark.
Temperature
Cool to mild montane conditions, roughly 12-24 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
S. Trop. Africa (Chimanimani Mts.)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Disa chimanimaniensis is a perennial plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Disa. The plant is native to Mozambique and Zimbabwe and occurs in the Chimanimani Mountains.

Other Disa plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Disa chimanimaniensis 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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