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Wire Orchids
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Wire Orchids

Schizodium

Disa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae. It comprises about 182 species. Most of the species are indigenous to tropical and southern Africa, with a few more in the Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar, and Réunion. Disa bracteata is naturalized in Western Australia, where the local name is "African weed-orchid."

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6 branches of this group, most-observed first

Wire Disa

speciesDisa bifida

Skew Disa

speciesDisa obliqua

Rigid Disa

speciesDisa inflexa

Satyre Disa

speciesDisa biflora

Egg-n-Bacon Disa

speciesDisa flexuosa

Thread Disa

speciesDisa longipetala

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 738435.