Disa harveiana

Image: Andrew Massyn

Description

Perennial to 30cm with narrow leaves in a basal tuft, dry at flowering; bears a few to many cream or mauve flowers with purple or red steaks, the oblong dorsal sepal not completely enclosing the petals and drawn into a slender spur 20-90mm long.

Orchid Family

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

Sources and references

Scientific name

Disa harveiana

Common name(s)

Lilac disa

Genus

Disa