RHH's photos with the keyword: south africa

This small species is from South Africa. The flowers are two to three inches on a plant that is only a little larger than that. It has a sweet fragrance and blooms in the summer or early autumn for me.

From Central and South Africa (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zambi and Zimbabwe).

From Central and South Africa (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zambi and Zimbabwe).

Edward and I spent several hours at the Northwest Washington Orchid Society show in Shoreline, Washington. We took a lot of pictures and enjoyed the beautiful flowers. Disas are a group of South African orchids that are very showy but considered very difficult to grow. There was a display of them at the show grown by a man from the Olympic Peninsula. This plant is a hybrid of Disa tripetaloides and Disa uniflora and has tall spikes of three inch flowers. It might be noted also that Disas are non-resupinate, that is, they hold their flowers with the lip uppermost,while most orchids twist around before opening so that the lip is at the bottom of the flower.

This orchid species is from South Africa and is reputed to be very difficult to grow. This was photographed at the Northwest Orchid Society Show in Shoreline, Washington.