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 2. Disperis reichenbachiana Welw. ex Rchb. f. Flora 48: 180 (1865) ; Rolfe, Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 290 Geerinck, Fl. Afr. Centr. : 236 (1984); P . J . Cribb F Fay, Kew Bull. 42: 719 (1987) ; la Croix F P. J . Cribb , Fl. Zambes. : 231 (1995). — Type : Angola , Welwitsch 694 (holo-, W ; iso-, BM , K , LISU ) . (1898); Verdcourt, Fl. Trop. East Afr.: 221 (1968); Plants 70-250 mm . Leaves 2-4, alternate, ovate. Flowers 1-4, pink; median sepal 7-8 × 1- 2 mm , hood shallow, 6-8.5 mm wide, lateral sepals elliptic, 9-10.5 × 3.5-5.5 mm , basally fused; petals 6-10 × 2-3.5 mm ; lip 6.5-8 mm long, blade oblong with fleshy papillose callus, stalked, appendage of two diverging papillose lobes ( Fig. 4B ). DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Widespread in tropical Africa, from Zimbabwe and Angola to Uganda and Kenya in the east, Zaire / DRC and São Thomé in the west and the Central African Republic in the north; in leaf litter in deep shade on the floor of riverine and submontane forest and occasionally in mossy rock cracks in grassland and bush, at 800-2330 m . Flowering from December to March in south-central Africa, and December to July in eastern Africa.