Flora Detail

Common Name Pinkspot Disa
Family Orchidaceae
Date Observed 25-11-2022
Category Bulbs/Rhizomes
Catalogue No. 7739RG
Flowering Time Summer
Colour Pink to Mauve
Locations Observed
Estuary Few
Koppie
Nature Reserve
Small Holding
Village
Greater Rooiels Few,Many

Disa tripetaloides

Information

Pinkspot Disa

A spot of pink. This tiny cousin of the Disa uniflora (Red Disa) flowers in the spray of waterfalls and in wet seepages up the Kloof. It spreads by large stolons (ground stems) from where new plants develop. Flowers are in shades of pink to white, often with pinkish spots.


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