Disperis bodkinii Bolus, Icon. Orchid. Austro-Afric. 1: t. 96 (1896).
Description:
Plants pubescent, to 150 mm. Leaves 2, alternate, ovate to suborbicular, usually 8-25 × 5- 17 mm. Flowers 1-2(-3), small, green and white, sometimes with pinkish or brownish tinge; median sepal 2-3 × 1.7 mm, with erect hood 2-3 mm long, lateral sepals ovate, 2-3 × 1.5 mm; petals obovate, with basal auricle, 2.5 × 1.5 mm; lip free from gynostemium, claw linear, blade triangular, appendage entire, curved, apically bifid, glabrous except at apex.
Habitat:
In fynbos, also in pine plantations, from 25 to 760 m. Flowering from (June) July to October, often after fire. Plants of this species are tiny and therefore frequently overlooked, thus creating the impression that they are exceedingly rare.
Distribution:
South Africa (Western Cape).
