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 53. Disperis cardiophora Harv. Thes. Cap. 2: 4 (1863); Schlechter , Bull. Herb. Boissier , ser. 1, 6: 926 (1898); Rolfe , Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 303 (1913); J . C . Manning in H . P . Linder F Kurzweil , Orch. S . Afr. : 307 (1999). — Type : South Africa , KwaZulu-Natal , Sanderson 488 (holo-, TCD ; iso-, BOL , K , SAM ) . FIG. 9. — Flowers and floral details in the “Cardiophora group”: A -C , Disperis lindleyana Rchb. f.: A , B , flower; C , lip; D , D. cardiophora Harv. , lip. Drawn from alcohol material: A-C, Hall 902 ; D, source unknown. Plants to 260 mm . Leaf 1, basal, subrotund, 10-17 × 8-19 mm . Flowers mostly 6-20 in secund raceme, greenish-white to pink; median sepal saccate, 3-4 × 3-4 mm , laterals ovate, 4-5 × 2.5-3 mm ; petals oblong, 4 × 2-3 mm ; lip blade triangular, 1.7 mm long, appendage triangular, pubescent ( Figs 1C ; 9D ). DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South Africa ( Eastern Cape , KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga ); in montane or subalpine grassland, in seepage areas and near water courses at 500-2500 m . Flowering mainly from December to February .