Disa ornithantha Schltr.

Terrestrial herb, up to 50 cm tall. Leaves on a separate shoot, 3-4, erect, linear, up to 20 cm long, folded along the length. Leaves along the fertile shoot, ovate-lanceolate, 4-7 cm long, sheathing. Inflorescence 1-5-flowered with long linear bracts overtopping the flowers. Flowers bright red, spotted on the petals and inside of the dorsal sepal, large and showy. Dorsal sepal erect, spathulate, c. 28 mm long with a pendent spur, 9 mm long, slightly swollen at the apex. Lateral sepals spreading, 17-23 mm long. Petals 2-lobed, posterior lobe diverging with a S-shaped curve. Lip linear, 9-14 mm long.

Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe