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Disa linderiana

Disa linderiana
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0

Disa linderiana is a rare terrestrial orchid from the fynbos of the Western Cape, South Africa, growing from underground tubers rather than as an epiphyte. It is hard to grow outside its native habitat and is seldom cultivated.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the tuber moist during the growing season and let it rest drier after flowering.
Soil
Sandy, acidic, well-drained mountain soil with plenty of organic matter.
Temperature
10–20 °C; tolerates cool mountain conditions and frost, protect from extreme heat.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Western Cape
Climate
subtropical

About

Disa linderiana is a perennial plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Disa and is part of the fynbos. The plant is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs on mountain peaks in the Cederberg, Riviersonderend Mountains and the Groot Swartberg. There are only three subpopulations. The plant does not require fires to flower and is considered rare.

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 linderiana 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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