Disa Cornuta

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Okay this link has nothing to do with Disa cornuta but maybe it will spark hella more hope in the people of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Check it out!

Orchidaceae Malaysiana: 10/01/2006 - 10/08/2006

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[Berthold]

Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

I'm interested in growing Disa cornuta from seed as well.

sowed asymbiotic in vitro about 20 months ago since 3 months in subtrate, leaves 4 cm long:


Greetings Berthold

[taipan]

Des
When you dug some up did you just dig the tuber & plant or did you take a clump ?. If these grow just a hundred metres or so from your home there is a chance that the soil may be the same. If you dug a VERY large area eg 2 ft diameter around the plant & fairly deep & transplant this it may be better. Alternatively if the plant has a dormant period & dies back you could mark the area ( if there is still time ) whilst in flower & come back & dig a large clump & transplant later.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Thank you for the picture and a bit of info Berthold.

[Des]

Originally Posted by taipan

Des
When you dug some up did you just dig the tuber & plant or did you take a clump ?. If these grow just a hundred metres or so from your home there is a chance that the soil may be the same. If you dug a VERY large area eg 2 ft diameter around the plant & fairly deep & transplant this it may be better. Alternatively if the plant has a dormant period & dies back you could mark the area ( if there is still time ) whilst in flower & come back & dig a large clump & transplant later.

For the first time i have managed to transplant a few plants into my garden successfully . What I did was to take a 250mm plastic drain pipe and sharpened and serrate one end . I then forced the pipe into the soil and took it out as a plug and it has worked !

[clone137]

Originally Posted by Des

For the first time i have managed to transplant a few plants into my garden successfully . What I did was to take a 250mm plastic drain pipe and sharpened and serrate one end . I then forced the pipe into the soil and took it out as a plug and it has worked !

Hi Des,

Congratulations on transplanting them to your garden! How deep did you go? Reason I ask is there's a field about 50m from my house with a few colonies of Disa bracteata, Satyrium odorum and Holothrix villosa (at least, this is what I've identified it as without a flower). Each colony is at least ~100 plants. The field is being converted to a sports field, so I thought I'd try save some of them. The S. odorum and D. bracteata seem pretty simple to cultivate from what little information I could find, but I'm unsure of the H. villosa.

I'm still fairly new to growing Orchids and any suggestions on how to cultivate any of the above really would be appreciated!

Thanks!

[boytjie]

I lived in Cape Town, South Africa for a number of years, and wound up studying lots of the local flora (including terrestrial orchids) first as a hobby, and then as part of my tour-guiding certification. The range and diversity of plant life in such a small area is astounding; aside from soil type, a major reason for the diversity is the varying types of micro-climates caused by the prevailing winds. On Table Mountain, you'll even find examples of plants that grow in a few-feet-square patch of ground -- and nowhere else on Earth -- because they've adapted to the specific pattern of wind, mist, and rainfall in their tiny niche on the mountaintop. Some color varieties of Disa uniflora are like that. The weather up on top of the mountain can also be extremely harsh: weeks with no rain, and then days on end of cold mist and constant 50-mph winds. Small wonder these things don't transplant well! I do know of a friend in Cape Town who had zero success with Disas until he started running a constant stream of distilled water through the pots via a pump and aquarium tubing. Suddenly they all took off and started blooming.

[Berthold]

Originally Posted by boytjie

I lived in Cape Town, South Africa for a number of years, and wound up studying lots of the local flora (including terrestrial orchids) first as a hobby, and then as part of my tour-guiding certification. The range and diversity of plant life in such a small area is astounding; aside from soil type, a major reason for the diversity is the varying types of micro-climates caused by the prevailing winds. On Table Mountain, you'll even find examples of plants that grow in a few-feet-square patch of ground -- and nowhere else on Earth -- because they've adapted to the specific pattern of wind, mist, and rainfall in their tiny niche on the mountaintop. Some color varieties of Disa uniflora are like that. The weather up on top of the mountain can also be extremely harsh: weeks with no rain, and then days on end of cold mist and constant 50-mph winds. Small wonder these things don't transplant well! I do know of a friend in Cape Town who had zero success with Disas until he started running a constant stream of distilled water through the pots via a pump and aquarium tubing. Suddenly they all took off and started blooming.

Hello,
I am growing a lot of different Disa species (such as D. cornuta and also D. racemosa) in pot culture in Germany in a complete different surrounding in 100% humus substrate. It works well.
Berthold

[Des]

Originally Posted by clone137

Hi Des,

Congratulations on transplanting them to your garden! How deep did you go? Reason I ask is there's a field about 50m from my house with a few colonies of Disa bracteata, Satyrium odorum and Holothrix villosa (at least, this is what I've identified it as without a flower). Each colony is at least ~100 plants. The field is being converted to a sports field, so I thought I'd try save some of them. The S. odorum and D. bracteata seem pretty simple to cultivate from what little information I could find, but I'm unsure of the H. villosa.

I'm still fairly new to growing Orchids and any suggestions on how to cultivate any of the above really would be appreciated!

Thanks!

I placed the pipe over the plant, positioning the plant about in the centre of the pipe and "screwed it down about 600 mm . I then pushed the pipe back and forth to break it off at the bottom and pulled the plug out with the plant.
I then took a plug out of my garden and replaced it with the plug with Disa .Good luck ! let me know if it works for you
Regards Des

[clone137]

Originally Posted by Des

I placed the pipe over the plant, positioning the plant about in the centre of the pipe and "screwed it down about 600 mm . I then pushed the pipe back and forth to break it off at the bottom and pulled the plug out with the plant.
I then took a plug out of my garden and replaced it with the plug with Disa .Good luck ! let me know if it works for you
Regards Des

Thanks, I'll give that a try