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Disa purpurascens (Disa purpurascens)

Description

This is a delicate-looking plant with the appearance of a grass , with a few tender leaves, inflorescences with few flowers, usually blue, and the oval lip often with fringes at the margins.It is a medium-sized orchid, which prefers cold weather, is of terrestrial habit. It flowers in a terminal inflorescence 50 cm long. Flowering occurs in the spring

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Orchidaceae

              • Genus: Disa