Disa tripetaloides

Disa tripetaloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Disa
Species:	D. tripetaloides
Binomial name
Disa tripetaloides (L.f.) N.E.Br. [1]
Synonyms
Orchis tripetaloides L.f. (Basionym) Satyrium excelsum Thunb. Disa excelsa (Thunb.) Sw. Disa venosa Lindl. Disa falcata Schltr. Herschelia excelsa (Thunb.) Kraenzl. Herschelianthe excelsa (Thunb.) Rauschert

Disa tripetaloides is a species of orchid that grows along the edges of streams in South Africa. ^{[2] [3] [4]} This is one of the smaller species in the genus Disa in the section Disa. There are populations that come from the winter-rainfall areas of South Africa, and summer-rainfall areas of South Africa.

It is also one of the four commonly grown species of Disa in cultivation. The other three being Disa aurata , Disa cardinalis , and Disa uniflora . Disa tripetaloides is able to reproduce sexually and asexually. Asexual reproduction occurs by means of creating offshoots along the base of the plant and on stolons.

References

1. International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Details". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
2. Wodrich, Karsten (1997). Growing South African Indigenous Orchids. CRC Press. p. 59. ISBN   9054106506.
3. "Disa tripetaloides (L.f.) N.E.Br". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 13 October 2022.
4. "Name - Disa tripetaloides (L.f.) N.E.Br". Tropicos. Retrieved 2022-10-13.

External links

• UniProt. "Species Disa tripetaloides" . Retrieved 2022-10-13.
• Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Disa tripetaloides". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
• Data related to Disa tripetaloides at Wikispecies