Disa brevicornis flowers

The green floral bracts below the flowers of Disa brevicornis are erect, acutely pointed with reddish margins. They are about as long as their flowers. In the photo they can be seen positioned immediately beside the flowers, allowing the flowers to show their faces and steal the limelight, but modestly covering the ovaries.

The dorsal sepal above the flower centre is shallowly helmet-shaped or galeate, the two lateral petals obliquely oblong and erect in support on the sides of this sepal. The acute spur of the flower points downwards from the base of the dorsal sepal, its tip curving in towards the ovary; the spur shy in this species.

The lateral sepals are reflexed, prominent and pointing down in the photo. They are angled slightly to the sides from below the oblong lip. The lip also points its yellow, rounded tip downwards, but in the centre.

Maroon colouring is notable in a band at the lip base and a rusty maroon on the dorsal sepal’s outside surface above the flower. Lime green or yellow colouring with hints of red varies across the rest of the floral parts (Liltved and Johnson, 2012).