A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae)
Author
Kurzweil, Hubert
Author
Manning, John C.
text
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2005
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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
.