Disperis cordata Sw.

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), Adansonia (3) 27 (2), pp. 155-207 : 176

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scientific name	Disperis cordata Sw.
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9. Disperis cordata Sw. View in CoL

Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 220 (1800);

Schlechter, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 955 (1898);

la Croix et al., Adansonia 24: 78 (2002). — Type:

Mauritius.

Disperis discolor (Thouars) Frapp. ex Cordem., Cat. Orch. View in CoL Réunion: 10 (1880). — Dryopeia discolor Thouars, Hist. Orchid. : t. 2 (1822). — Type: Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 2 (1822) (lecto-, unknown).

Dryorkis erythrodrys Thouars, Hist. Orchid. View in CoL : t. 2 (1822), nom. superfl. pro Dryopeia discolor Thouars (1822) .

Plants to 200 mm. Leaves 2, alternate, ovate or narrowly-ovate, 10-37 × 7-14 mm. Flowers 1-3, white or rose-coloured with purple markings; median sepal linear, 7-8 mm long, hood 8 × 6- 6.5 mm, lateral sepals ovate, 7-10 × 4-4.5 mm, united in lower half; petals ovate; lip blade consisting of hairy ovate hump on flat narrowly triangular stalk, appendage of two diverging and papillose horns.

D I S T R I BU T I O N A N D PH E N O LO G Y. — La Réunion and Mauritius; under trees in semi-dry forest, from 400 to 1500 m. Flowering mainly from December to March.