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Flasks of
Disa uniflora 'LaVerne' × self |
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Pod Parent Flower |
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Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plant: This plant and its siblings have grown outside, three blocks from the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco California since their unflasking. They grow in full sun here, which is primarily gray and overcast during the summer, right beside standard cymbidiums. Good water and cold nights are requirements. Their roots must cool down to around 50 °F during the night for good health. Good air movement is needed and these plants handle sea breezes and gales easily. This plant has been outside all winter and exposed to temperatures in the mid 30°Fs and to high summer temperatures of 90°F with a normal high of 70°F. Speckling on the leaves is neither sunburn nor aphids (which have never attacked the disas) but damage caused by several sleet storms that occurred over the winter.
Comments: This has been the most trouble free orchid I have ever dealt with. Of a flask of 20 plants I received,19 of 20 survived the first year with one blooming. San Francisco however is almost identical in climate to its native Cape Town, South Africa. Good water, strong air movement and cold nights are all that's needed.
Parent plant: This is a first bloom from a flask received from Mike Gallagher in March 2002. The cross is of a pink uniflora and a dark red. Small plant.
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of
Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.
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Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
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Spring, Summer, Autumn: days average 77°F, nights 58°F; best fit is Cool-Intermediate 75-58°F
(Source:
Baker's Web OSC) |
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Winter: days average 63°F, nights 45°F; best fit is Cool-Cold 64-44°F
(Source:
Baker's Web OSC) |
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About the name...
| Etymology of |
Disa |
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Queen Disa, in Swedish mythology.
(Source:
Pridgeon 1992) |
| Etymology of |
uniflora |
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From Latin "unus" one; "Flora" goddess of flowers.
(Source:
Brown 1956) |
| Pronunciation of |
Disa |
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DYE-sa
(Source:
Pridgeon 1992) |
| Pronunciation of |
Disa |
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DEE-zah
(Source:
Hawkes 1978) |
| Pronunciation of |
uniflora |
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yoo-ni-FLOE-ra
(Source:
Hawkes 1978) |
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| Flask Information |
| Availability: |
We have sold all of the flasks for this item. |
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You may also place a "Notify Retries" Request, and if an identical pollination (the same parents) is done again, we'll let you know.
You may reserve a flask, but it's very unlikely you'll get one ...this could only happen if we found a flask that we didn't know we had. |
| Yield Estimate: |
150 plants (based on flask surveys done 04/12/2004 through 06/21/2005)
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| Plantlet Sizes: |
From many flasks 30 - 110 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 04/26/2004 through 08/10/2005)
From one most recently surveyed flask 50 - 80 mm (08/10/2005)
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The origin/habitat information below is supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker
The following information is based on the name of the plant provided by the donor, and assumes that the name is correct. If the plant has been misidentified, then the following information may not be correct.
This text is copyrighted by the Bakers and may not be reproduced without permission.
ORIGIN/HABITAT: South Africa. This terrestrial orchid is common along
streams, near waterfalls, and in seepages along cliffs near Cape Town in
the southwestern part of Cape Province. These plants are always associated
with permanent, flowing water, growing in black peat-based soil, deep
sand, or moss beside streams and in rock crevices with its roots firmly
established in moving water. Plants form dense colonies along streams
above the midsummer water level, but with high water resulting from heavy
winter rains, they may be completely submerged. Plants grow in acid
conditions with a pH of 5-6 and can not tolerate water with a
concentration of salts greater than 200 parts per million. Plants are
found most often in full sun but grow in conditions ranging from full
shade to full sun at elevations of 350-3950 ft. (100-1200 m)
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