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Disa sanguinea

Disa sanguinea
Photo: Bolus, Harry, Public domain

Disa sanguinea, the blood disa, is a rare terrestrial orchid and tuberous geophyte from the mountains of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It is seldom grown and is best left in the wild.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil moist during the growing season and drier while dormant.
Soil
Cool, humid, acidic mountain soil rich in organic matter, or a peaty terrestrial orchid mix.
Temperature
Cool to mild, roughly 5–25 °C; protect from heat and hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
E. Cape Prov. to S. KwaZulu-Natal
Climate
temperate

About

Disa sanguinea, the blood disa, is a perennial plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Disa. The plant is endemic to KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape and occurs in the Amathole Mountains, Winterberg and Sani Pass. The plant 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 sanguinea 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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