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Disa newdigateae

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
S. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Disa newdigateae 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 at The Crags. There is only one subpopulation, six plants were collected here from 1895 to 1931. Once feared extinct as it hadn't been recorded since 1935, it was rediscovered in 2018 within the Garden Route National Park.

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 newdigateae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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