Bonatea speciosa 1  An interesting, easy-to-grow orchid which develops enormous tubers. Sweetly scented at night

Bonatea speciosa 2   Close up and personal. (No, it doesn't bite!)

Disa atricapilla     Very similar in form to Disa bivalvata, the flowers face vertically upward

Disa aurata       A sulphur yellow flower with orange-red markings in the dorsal sepal.

Disa bivalvata       Only a mother could say it's beautiful

Disa cardinalis       Cardinalis has very elongated lateral sepals, which look elegant although they are not conducive to producing the equilateral triangle shape of the "perfect" disa flower

Disa cornuta*     A great specimen, and a great photo! (Photo credit: Brian Chute)

Disa draconis*   (Growing near the lower cable station on Table Mountain (Photo credit: Faan Kruger)

Disa ferruginea    This attractive Disa grows in a drier environment than the better-known, streamside Disas, and has not been hybridized with any of them. Picture taken on the contour path on Table Mountain. (Photo credit: D. Byrne and C. Duncombe Rae)

Disa filicornis        Growing on a dry slope in the Franschoek mountains

Disa glandulosa       Growing on a shaded cliff face, Table Mountain, in mid-December. D. longicornu was in full bloom nearby

Disa graminifolia     A beautiful flower, granted, but not one for beginners. This species is not an easy one, by a long shot. Picture taken on the contour path on Table Mountain. (Photo credit: D. Byrne and C. Duncombe Rae)

Disa graminifolia*     Another one, also taken on Table Mountain. (Photo credit: Brian Chute)

Disa harveiana           Growing in a flat, dry spot on top of Table Mountain

Disa longicornu       Grows on shaded, often inaccessible, cliff faces and flowers in mid-December. 

Disa nervosa    This beautiful Disa was photographed by David Retief in the Barberton area in South Africa. Barberton has a hot, summer rainfall climate, very different from the Western Cape where most of the popular Disas grow.

Disa racemosa       Growing in a steeply sloping seepage area in the mountains behind Hermanus, December

Disa sagittalis       A captive plant in my collection

Disa tenuifolia        Flowers on a very short spike after a fire. Likes slightly damp areas

Disa tripetaloides*    Photographed in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve, Hermanus. This one has more intense colouring than is usual for this species.

Disa tripetaloides        Ah! So beautiful! A spike hangs over a stream in the mountains near Grabouw

Disa uniflora - orange          An awarded plant grown by my father, (E. R.) Jimmy Orchard

Disa uniflora - pink        In nature, the pink forms are found in the mountains near Worcester

Disa uniflora - red        A neat and shapely red

Disa uniflora - yellow (alba) 1    One from my own collection

Disa uniflora - yellow (alba) 2    In case you didn't like number 1, here is a different shape

Liparis remota*    (Photo credit: Jan Conradie)

Pterygodium pentherianum*    (Photo credit: Jan Conradie)

Satyridium rostratum    Tiny flowers with interesting spots

Satyrium bicorne*    (Photo credit: Jan Conradie)

Satyrium carneum*    What a delicate colour! (Photo credit: Brian Chute)

Schizodium cornutum*    (Photo credit: Jan Conradie)

Satyrium princeps*    A field of them growing in the southern Cape (Photo credit: Jan Conradie)

Satyrium princeps*    And a close up of one of them

Satyrium rhodanthum*    That is some shade of red! (Photo supplied by Trevor Edwards)

Stenoglottis fimbriata 1    This plant is worth growing for its foliage alone: dark green leaves with darker, almost black spots

Stenoglottis fimbriata 2  The flowers are numerous and neat

Stenoglottis longifolia 1     The flowers usually have spots of some sort, though this specimen has more than usual

Stenoglottis longifolia 2     Here is an unusual specimen - big flowers, with a uniform lilac shade and no trace of spots

Stenoglottis woodii     This species has attractive glossy foliage, shorter spikes and less colorful flowers than the previous species

*This photo gallery is very one-sided and incomplete. If you have any good pictures of other S.A. terrestrials, I would love to have them to add to this page. And you would get your name up in lights! Just e-mail me first using the link on my home page, to let me know what you have.