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Disa virginalis

Disa virginalis
Photo: Peter Baker from Cape Town, South Africa, CC BY 2.0

Disa virginalis is a terrestrial tuberous orchid from the southwestern Cape of South Africa that grows on rocky sites. It is rarely grown in cultivation, and success depends on mimicking its native seasonal wet-dry cycle and cool, bright conditions.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water freely during the growing season in winter and spring, then keep nearly dry while the tuber rests in summer.
Soil
Very free-draining, gritty mix such as sand, grit and a little organic matter.
Temperature
10–20 °C; protect from frost and sustained heat above 25 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
WSW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Disa virginalis is a species of orchid found in Southwest Cape Province, South Africa.

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 virginalis 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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