Disperis nemorosa Rendle

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), Adansonia (3) 27 (2), pp. 155-207 : 186

37. Disperis nemorosa Rendle

J. Bot. 33: 297 (1895); Schlechter, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 950 (1898); Rolfe, Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 292 (1898); Verdcourt, Fl. Trop. East Afr. : 227 (1968); la Croix F P.J. Cribb , Fl. Zambes.: 231 (1995). — Type: Uganda, Ruwenzori, Scott Elliot 7944 (holo-, K). Disperis centrocorys Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 549

(1915). — Type: Tanzania, Rungwe Mts , Stolz

1192 (holo-, B†; iso-, K).

Plants 100-300 mm. Leaves 2, opposite, ovate, 25-65 × 20-40 mm. Flowers 1-4, white or pink; median sepal with slender deflexed spur 9-15 mm long, lateral sepals oblong, 6-8 × 4-5 mm, basally fused; petals auriculate; lip blade minute, appendage of two obtuse lobes.

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Zambia, Malawi, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania; in leaf litter in deep shade in evergreen forests and bamb o o f o re s t s f ro m a b o u t 1 8 0 0 t o 2 5 5 0 m. Flowering mainly from February to April in south-central Africa, and up to September in East Africa .