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Disperis cooperi Harv., Thes. Cap. 2: 47 (1863).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Disperis allisonii Rolfe in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(3): 297 (1913).
Disperis buchananii Rolfe in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(3): 296 (1913).
Disperis ermelensis Rolfe in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(3): 296 (1913).
Description:
Plants somewhat pubescent, to 380 mm. Leaves 3-4, alternate, lanceolate, ± 11-20 × 5-7 mm. Flowers 7-11, in secund racemes, cream and pink; median sepal saccate, ovate, 8 × 6 mm, lateral sepals obovate, 10-11 × 4 mm; petals clawed, oblong-obovate, 5.5 × 3 mm; lip blade cordate and navicular, apex adhering to petals and median sepal, appendage oblong, horizontal, pubescent.
Habitat:
Occasional in montane grassland, usually in damp places, sometimes also in vleis from 1200 to 2100 m.
Phenology:
Flowering mainly in February and March.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cold growing terrestrial.
Distribution:
South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Mpumalanga).
References:
A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), ADANSONIA, sér. 3 - 2005 - 27 (2) : 155-207; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982; Field Guide to the Orchids of Northern South Africa and Swaziland McMurty, Grobler, Grobler & Burns 2008; Orchid Digest Vol 71 No 3 2007; Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 3, page 3, (1913) Author: (By R. A. ROLFE.); Linder, H.P. and Kurzweil, H. 1999. Orchids of southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
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