Disa
Mary Sue Ittner (Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:45:54 PDT)

Hi,

I finished adding some pictures of wild Disa pictures taken by Cameron
McMaster in the Eastern Cape, South Africa to the Disa wiki page. They may
not be as dramatic as Disa uniflora and may not be easy to grow, but there
is great diversity just in the ones he photographed and this is a large
genus so there must be many different forms. One species looked a little
like a Delphinium to me and one seems to have a "beard" or a fluffy tail
(D. lugens). It brought to mind some of the wonderful ground orchids of
Australia that look like faces. There is a bright orange spiky one and some
pretty pink ones. Maybe Cameron can tell us a little about his pictures? Do
many people in South Africa try to grow Disa?

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

Mary Sue