Disa racemosa
Disa racemosa is found on mountainside seepage areas that are wet during winter and early spring but dry out during the summer months. The normal colors of D. racemosa are shown in the photos alongside. There is also a rare pure white form that has been found in the wild. The flowers are considerably smaller than those of D. uniflora, but bigger than D. tripetaloides, D. aurata and D. cardinalis. Some of the biggest Disa hybrid flowers have a small amount of D. racemosa, together with D. uniflora, in their pedigree. D. racemosa is the most fire-dependent of all the species considered here. The stand of plants shown flowering in the slide show on the right was photographed in the springtime after a fire had swept through the area during the previous summer. This population had not been seen in flower for almost 30 years. When D. racemosa is line bred with D. uniflora, attractive and well-known hybrids result. Check some of them out here. |
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