A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae) Author Kurzweil, Hubert Author Manning, John C. text Adansonia 2005 3 27 2 155 207 journal article http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5186519 1639-4798 5186519 62. Disperis bolusiana Schltr. ex Bolus Icon. Orchid. Austro-Afric. 1: t. 93 (1896); Schlechter , Bull. Herb. Boissier , ser. 1, 6: 940 (1898); Rolfe , Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 305 (1913); J . C . Manning in H . P . Linder F Kurzweil , Orch. S . Afr. : 309 (1999). — Type : South Africa , Stellenbosch , Lloyd ex Sanderson 937 (syn-, K ); South Africa , Groene Kloof , Bolus 4337 (syn-, BOL ); South Africa , Hopefield , Schlechter 5321 (syn-, B †) . Disperis purpurata Rchb. f. var. parviflora Bolus, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 79 (1885) , Icon. Orchid. Austro-Afric. 1: t. 93 (1896), as parvifolia , as syn. — Type : South Africa , Stellenbosch, Lloyd ex Sanderson 937 (syn-, K); South Africa , Groene Kloof, Bolus 4337 (syn-, BOL). Plants pubescent, to 260 mm . Leaves 2(-3), alternate, ovate, 6-25 × 3-17 mm . Flower solitary, greenish-yellow; median sepal hooded, 4-7 × 3- 4 mm , lateral sepals lanceolate, 6-10 × 2.5-4 mm ; petals oblong, 4-6 × 4-5 mm ; lip not fused to gynostemium, blade forming cup together with base of appendage, appendage oblong ( Fig. 12C ). DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South Africa ( Western Cape ); in renosterveld over clay soils from 60 to 1200 m . Mainly flowering from September to October .