Disa cernua

Disa cernua is a species of orchid found in South Africa, in Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces.^[2][3]

Disa cernua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Disa
Species:	D. cernua
Binomial name
Disa cernua (Thunb.) Sw.[1]
Synonyms
Satyrium cernuum Thunb. (Basionym) Disa physodes Thunb. Disa prasinata Ker Gawl. Monadenia prasinata (Ker Gawl.) Lindl. Monadenia inflata Sond. Monadenia cernua (Thunb.) T.Durand & Schinz

Dependent on fire for flowering and growing in marshy locations, it is known from nine locations, and is listed as vulnerable due to habitat loss and alien plant invasion. Healthy populations exist in only three locations, of which only one, Cape Point, is formally protected.^[4]