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 16. Disperis ankarensis H.Perrier Notul. Syst. (Paris) 8: 129 (1939) , in Humbert, Fl. Madag. (Engl. revis.), Orch.: 113 (1981); Du Puy et al. , Orch. Madag.: 133 (1999) ; la Croix et al. , Adansonia 24: 67 (2002) . — Type : Madagascar , Antsiranana , Humbert 18825 (holo-, P ) . Plants to 180 mm . Leaves 2, alternate, lanceolate, 35-50 × 5-10 mm . Flowers 1-3, green and pink; median sepal linear, 8 mm long, hood 15 mm wide, lateral sepals falcate, 7 × 3 mm ; petals falcate; lip blade fleshy and tongue-shaped, with long hairs, appendage of two linear-oblong horns. DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Western Madagascar ; on rocks in semi-dry forest, in humus on limestone at about 300 m . Flowering in January .