Disa cornuta

Image: Andrew Massyn

Description

Robust perennial to 60cm with narrowly lance-shaped leaves covering the stem; bears many purple and silvery green flowers in a dense spike, the dorsal sepal with a spur 10-20mm long.

Information sourced from 'Field Guide to Fynbos' by John Manning. Struik Nature, Cape Town, 2007.

Sources and references

Scientific name

Disa cornuta

Common name(s)

Golden Orchid

Genus

Disa