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 33. Disperis virginalis Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 431 (1897) , Bull. Herb. Boissier , ser. 1, 6: 953 (1898); Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 311 (1913); la Croix F P . J . Cribb , Fl. Zambes. : 247 (1995); J . C . Manning in H . P . Linder F Kurzweil , Orch. S . Afr. : 302 (1999). — Type : South Africa , Limpopo , Houtboschberg , Schlechter 4453 (holo-, B †; iso-, WU). Disperis nelsonii Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 311 (1913). — Type : South Africa , Limpopo , Nelson 493 (lecto-, K, designated by Linder F Kurzweil 1999). Disperis kerstenii sensu Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20, Beibl. 50: 43 (1895). Plants to 250 mm . Leaves 2, opposite, ovate, to 75 × 45 mm . Flowers 1-3, pale mauve; median sepal hooded, ± 1 0-13 mm long, lateral sepals oblanceolate, 8-10 × 4-8 mm , basally fused; petals oblong, 11-14 × 3-4 mm ; lip ascending, ± 8 mm long, blade ligulate, appendage of two 2-forked lobes hanging over blade ( Fig. 6B, C ). DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South Africa ( Limpopo ) and Zimbabwe ; in leaf litter in gallery forest and in wattle and pine plantations, also reported on moss-covered rocks under Podocarpus at ± 1 500-2500 m . Flowering in February and March.