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Disa schlechteriana
Also called Spur Disa
Spur Bonnet is a wild terrestrial orchid from the fynbos of South Africa's Western Cape, growing from a tuber. It is rarely grown in gardens and is threatened in the wild, so it should not be collected from nature.
Disa schlechteriana 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 in the Langeberg and Outeniqua Mountains between Riversdale and George on the northern slopes. The plant has a range of 312 km2 (120 sq mi) and there are four to six subpopulations. The plant is threatened by invasive plants and uncontrolled picking of the Protea species.
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 schlechteriana 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.
