Disa tripetaloides

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Disa tripetaloides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Disa
Species:
D. tripetaloides
Binomial name
Disa tripetaloides
Synonyms

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.

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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.