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Disperis concinna Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(50): 43 (1895).
Description:
Slender terrestrial herb 10–25 cm tall. Leaves 1–4, alternate, erect, sessile, up to 2 cm long, elliptic or lanceolate. Inflorescence 1–4-flowered; flowers greenish-white with purple or rose-pink veins. Ovary 10 mm long; bracts 13 × 6 mm, leaf-like. Dorsal sepal 8 × 2.5–3 mm, forming a sac-like hood with the petals; hood 5 mm wide across the mouth. Lateral sepals spreading, 5–7 × 1.5–2mm, obliquely oblanceolate, apiculate, each with a conical, sac-like spur c. 1.5 mm long. Petals c. 8 × 2.5 mm, obliquely falcate-lanceolate. Lip claw narrowly ovate-oblong, obtuse; limb conduplicate, c. 2 mm long; appendage longer than limb and broadly oblong, apiculate, keeled. Rostellum large, ovate, acute; side arms 3 mm long, oblong.
Habitat:
Rare in damp montane grassland, often along streams or on rock flushes, also in marshy areas, from 1400 to 2300 m.
Phenology:
Flowering in January and February.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
Zimbabwe to S. Africa
References:
A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), ADANSONIA, sér. 3 - 2005 - 27 (2) : 155-207 ; La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1); Orchids of Southern Africa by H. P. Linder; H. Kurzweil Published by A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam (1999)
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