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 71. Disperis tysonii Bolus J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 79 (1885) , as tysoni ; Schlechter, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 918 (1898) ; Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 298 (1913), as tysoni ; J.C. Manning in H.P. Linder F Kurzweil, Orch. S. Afr.: 317 (1999) . — Type : South Africa , Kokstad, Tyson 1079 (lecto-, K; isolecto-, SAM). Disperis bicolor Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 300 (1913). — Type : South Africa , KwaZulu-Natal , Allison 4 (holo-, K). Disperis kermesina Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 297 (1913). — Type : South Africa , KwaZulu-Natal , Allison 9 (holo-, K). Plants to 400 mm . Leaves 4-5, alternate, lanceolate, 15-30 × 5-8 mm . Flowers (1-)5-20, in secund racemes, pink to magenta; median sepal ovate, 5-6 × 3-4 mm , deeply hooded, lateral sepals obovate, 6-8 × 2.5-3 mm ; petals clawed, ovate, 4-6 × 2-2.5 mm ; lip blade erect, ovate to triangular, appendage horizontally reflexed, linear, pubescent. DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South Africa ( Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga ), Lesotho and Swaziland ; on soils derived from sandstone or quartzite in montane and subalpine grassland from 1200 to 3050 m . Flowering mostly in February and March .