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 68. Disperis stenoplectron Rchb. f. Otia Bot. Hamburg. 2: 102 (1881) ; Schlechter, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 921 (1898) ; Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 295 (1913); J.C. Manning in H.P. Linder F Kurzweil, Orch. S. Afr.: 316 (1999) . — Type : South Africa , Ecklon & Zeyher 86 (holo-, W). Disperis anomala Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 333 (1899) ; Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 298 (1913). — Type : South Africa , KwaZulu-Natal , Wood 6078 (holo-, NH). Disperis natalensis Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 297 (1913). — Type : South Africa , KwaZulu-Natal , Fannin 91 (lecto-, NH). Plants to 230 mm . Leaves 3-4, alternate, lanceolate to ovate, 20-35 × 8-12 mm . Flowers 5-8, in secund racemes, pink and cream; median sepal broadly elliptic, hooded, mostly 8 × 7 mm , lateral sepals obovate, 7-12 × 4-5 mm ; petals oblongovate, clawed, 5-6 × 3-4 mm ; lip blade horizontal, elliptic, triangular, appendage horizontally reflexed, linear ( Figs 1G ; 13D ). DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South Africa ( Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga ) and Lesotho ; in montane and subalpine grassland, frequently on slopes from 1200 to 2850 m . Flowering from January to April .