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 69. Disperis wealei Rchb. f. Otia Bot. Hamburg. 2: 103 (1881) , as wealii ; Schlechter , Bull. Herb. Boissier , ser. 1, 6: 925 (1898); Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 300 (1913), as wealii ; J . C . Manning in H . P . Linder F Kurzweil , Orch. S . Afr. : 319 (1999) . — Type : South Africa , Eastern Cape , Weale 917 (holo-, W ; iso-, BOL , K , SAM ). Disperis gracilis Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20, Beibl. 50 : 44 (1895), Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 925 (1898); Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 299 (1913). — Type : South Africa , “Transvaal”, Schlechter 4393 (holo-, B†; iso-, K, NH). Disperis flava Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 300 (1913). — Type : South Africa , KwaZulu-Natal , Allison 3 (holo-, K). Plants to 300 mm . Leaves 2-5, alternate, ovate, ± 1 1-20 × 5-7 mm . Flowers 1-4, white; median sepal ovate, 6-8 × 5-7 mm , hooded, lateral sepals elliptic, 9-11 × 4-5 mm ; petals falcate, clawed, rotund, 6-8 × 4-6 mm ; lip blade triangular, upcurved, boat-shaped, appendage oblong, conduplicate, pubescent ( Fig. 13H ). DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South Africa ( Eastern Cape , KwaZulu-Natal , one record each from Mpumalanga and Limpopo ) and Lesotho ; common in moist to wet montane grassland, often along streams or near forest margins from 1500 to 2700 m ; once recorded epiphytic on Encephalartos ( Cycadaceae ). Flowering mainly in January and February.