Disa forficaria is a perennial plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Disa and is part of the fynbos.http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=2759-38 Disa forficaria Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants. The plant is endemic to the Western Cape. The plant occurs at Cape Peninsula, Du Toitskloof, Hottentots Holland Mountains, Houwhoek and Groenland. There are only five plants at a herbarium, all collected before 1966.http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:630117-1 Disa forficaria. Plants of the World Online. In 2016, after decades of no confirmed sightings, a single plant was seen flowering at Fernkloof Nature Reserve.https://www.news24.com/travel/pics-rare-orchid-discovered-in-fernkloof-nature-reserve-20160310 Louzel Lombard. PICS: Rare orchid discovered in Fernkloof Nature Reserve. March 10 2016. News24. From this one plant, a team of scientists were able to determine the pollination syndrome involved sexual mimicry to attract male longhorn beetles.https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00376-6 Callan Cohen et al. Sexual deception of a beetle pollinator through floral mimicry. May 10 2021. Current Biology 31. Cell Press.
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