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 46. Disperis disaeformis Schltr. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 35: 47 (1893) , Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 935 (1898) ; Rolfe , Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 308 (1913); J . C . Manning in H . P . Linder F Kurzweil , Orch. S . Afr. : 304 (1999). — Type : South Africa , near Riversdale , Schlechter 2143 (holo-, B †) . (1898); Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 312 (1913). — Type: Plants to 150 mm . Leaves 2, alternate, ovate, 10-26 × 4-16 mm . Flowers 1-4(-7), whitish, often tinged pink; median sepal obovate, 5 × 3 mm , with deflexed sac 2-5 mm long, lateral sepals ovate, 5 × 2 mm ; petals ovate, 3.5 × 2.5 mm ; lip blade triangular, appendage oblong, apical part recurved, with long papillae ( Fig. 8C, D ). DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South Africa ( Western and Eastern Cape , KwaZulu- Natal , a single collection from Limpopo ); in grassland, scrub and forest patches in relatively d r y a re a s a n d i n Ac a c i a s c r u b f ro m 3 5 0 t o 1000 m . Flowering mainly from July to October .