Disa zuluensis in tall grass

This colony of Disa zuluensis plants bloom in the soft textured grass on a plain after good rain. Not grass-like themselves, grass dominates their habitat: all arrive and disappear more or less together in their in their seasonally shared annual growth cycle.

Flowering happens from late spring to early summer, the stems tall enough for pollinators to spot the inflorescences among the grass flowers (www.orchidspecies.com).