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Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: Rogan on March 01, 2010, 10:09:59 AM

Title: Disa crassicornis
Post by: Rogan on March 01, 2010, 10:09:59 AM

I have just returned from a weekend hiking in the Drakensberg where I encountered Disa crassicornis growing at the foot of large sandstone cliffs. Many other terrestrial orchids can be seen in similar habitats, e.g. Disa fragrans, Huttonea grandiflora, Satyrium parviflorum, Disperus faninnae, etc.

Arguably, D. crassicornis is the most beautiful of all:

Title: Re: Disa crassicornis
Post by: Maggi Young on March 01, 2010, 04:59:53 PM

With plants like these to spot your hikes must have been most successful, Rogan.
I do not know this Disa at all and it is a revelation.... love the spotty stems and pedicels to match the flowers  :)

Title: Re: Disa crassicornis
Post by: LarsB on March 02, 2010, 07:34:08 PM

Soooo beautiful. How wet is it where it grows?

Title: Re: Disa crassicornis
Post by: mark smyth on March 03, 2010, 02:59:02 PM

That makes a nice change to the bright ones I see at shows.

Do you sleep rough or in the car? Is it safe. My aunt and uncle were very paranoid when we were up there. I cant remember where their holiday home was but on the way we drove by a huge mansion/palace belonging to a ?tribal chief