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 9. Disperis cordata Sw. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 220 (1800) ; Schlechter, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 955 (1898) ; la Croix et al. , Adansonia 24: 78 (2002) . — Type : Mauritius . Disperis discolor (Thouars) Frapp. ex Cordem., Cat. Orch. Réunion : 10 (1880) . — Dryopeia discolor Thouars, Hist. Orchid. : t. 2 (1822). — Type : Thouars , Hist. Orchid.: t. 2 (1822) (lecto-, unknown). Dryorkis erythrodrys Thouars, Hist. Orchid. : t. 2 (1822), nom. superfl. pro Dryopeia discolor Thouars (1822) . Plants to 200 mm . Leaves 2, alternate, ovate or narrowly-ovate, 10-37 × 7-14 mm . Flowers 1-3, white or rose-coloured with purple markings; median sepal linear, 7-8 mm long, hood 8 × 6- 6.5 mm , lateral sepals ovate, 7-10 × 4-4.5 mm , united in lower half; petals ovate; lip blade consisting of hairy ovate hump on flat narrowly triangular stalk, appendage of two diverging and papillose horns. D I S T R I BU T I O N A N D PH E N O LO G Y. — La Réunion and Mauritius ; under trees in semi-dry forest, from 400 to 1500 m . Flowering mainly from December to March.