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Disa uniflora Life
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Disa
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The Red disa, Disa uniflora, flowering in
summer on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Disa uniflora flowering on Table Mountain,
Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
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Disa uniflora flowering in summer next to a
stream in the Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area, Western Cape, South
Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Disa uniflora flowering in summer in the
Boland mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Pollinated by the butterfly
Aeropetes tulbaghia (Table Mountain beauty, Mountain pride).
Publications
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Johnson, S.D., Linder, H.P. and Steiner, K.E. 1998.
Phylogeny and radiation of pollination systems in Disa (Orchidaceae).
Am. J. Bot. 85, 402–411.
- Trimen, R. 1864. On the fertilization of Disa grandiflora. J.
Linn. Soc. 7, 144–147.
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