February is known as the month of love, but it is also peak flowering time for the Western Cape`s provincial flower, the Red Disa ( Disa uniflora). A great place to view these Table Mountain beauties is hiking on a scenic route aptly named Disa Gorge.
February is known as the month of love, but it is also peak flowering time for the Western Cape`s provincial flower, the Red Disa ( Disa uniflora). A great place to view these Table Mountain beauties is hiking on a scenic route aptly named Disa Gorge.
February is known as the month of love, but it is also peak flowering time for the Western Cape`s provincial flower, the Red Disa ( Disa uniflora). A great place to view these Table Mountain beauties is hiking on a scenic route aptly named Disa Gorge.
Disa Gorge is named after the Red Disas that covered the Back Table in abundance many years ago. They were so abundant that flowersellers made hardly any money off them. Sadly today the Red Disa is a protected species. A Red Disa is a prized sighting and conservationists keep their flowering secret to protect them against poaching. The Red Disa is also displayed on all provincial sporting uniforms within the Western Cape region.
The Red Disa`s only pollinator is the Mountain Pride butterfly (Aeropetes tulbaghia). It was Rudolf Marloth that was responsible for the first sighting of the Mountain Pride butterfly pollinating the Red Disa. He later discovered that the Mountain Pride butterfly pollinate red flowers only. So beware if you wear anything red on the mountain, you might be pollinated!
For more information on what make Table Mountain such an iconic piece of rock with all its weird and wonderful animals, flowers and contributors come and join AWOL Tours on a memorable Table Mountain hiking experience.
Written by Leonard McMillan
Disa Gorge is named after the Red Disas that covered the Back Table in abundance many years ago. They were so abundant that flowersellers made hardly any money off them. Sadly today the Red Disa is a protected species. A Red Disa is a prized sighting and conservationists keep their flowering secret to protect them against poaching. The Red Disa is also displayed on all provincial sporting uniforms within the Western Cape region.
The Red Disa`s only pollinator is the Mountain Pride butterfly (Aeropetes tulbaghia). It was Rudolf Marloth that was responsible for the first sighting of the Mountain Pride butterfly pollinating the Red Disa. He later discovered that the Mountain Pride butterfly pollinate red flowers only. So beware if you wear anything red on the mountain, you might be pollinated!
For more information on what make Table Mountain such an iconic piece of rock with all its weird and wonderful animals, flowers and contributors come and join AWOL Tours on a memorable Table Mountain hiking experience.
Written by Leonard McMillan
Disa Gorge is named after the Red Disas that covered the Back Table in abundance many years ago. They were so abundant that flowersellers made hardly any money off them. Sadly today the Red Disa is a protected species. A Red Disa is a prized sighting and conservationists keep their flowering secret to protect them against poaching. The Red Disa is also displayed on all provincial sporting uniforms within the Western Cape region.
The Red Disa`s only pollinator is the Mountain Pride butterfly (Aeropetes tulbaghia). It was Rudolf Marloth that was responsible for the first sighting of the Mountain Pride butterfly pollinating the Red Disa. He later discovered that the Mountain Pride butterfly pollinate red flowers only. So beware if you wear anything red on the mountain, you might be pollinated!
For more information on what make Table Mountain such an iconic piece of rock with all its weird and wonderful animals, flowers and contributors come and join AWOL Tours on a memorable Table Mountain hiking experience.
Written by Leonard McMillan
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