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 17. Disperis hildebrandtii Rchb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb.: 73 (1878) ; Schlechter, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 929 (1898) ; H. Perrier in Humbert, Fl. Madag. (Engl. revis.), Orch. : 113 (1981); Du Puy et al. , Orch. Madag. : 134 (1999) ; la Croix et al. , Adansonia 24: 67 (2002) . — Type : Madagascar , Nosy-Bé, Hildebrandt 3158 (holo-, W ; iso-, BM , K , P , WU ) . Plants to 250 mm . Leaves 1-3, alternate, lanceolate, 15-70 × 5-20 mm . Flowers 1-6, rosecoloured; median sepal linear, 8-10 × 1 mm , hood 10 × 12 mm , lateral sepals semi-ovate, 8- 10 × 3-6 mm , united in basal half; petals 8-10 × 3-6 mm ; lip blade tongue-shaped, hairy, appendage of two erect and curved papillose processes. DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Central , north-eastern and northern Madagascar , C o m o re s (Ma yo t t e); i n t h e u n d e r s t o re y o f humid to semi-dry woodland and forest from 90 t o 2 4 0 0 m. Fl ow e r i n g f r o m Se p t e m b e r t o February .