Disperis saxicola Schltr., 2005

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5186519
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5194493
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E2D-FFD9-18A3-55A3FCD1FA91
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Disperis saxicola Schltr.
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

10. Disperis saxicola Schltr. View in CoL

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 110 (1925); H. Perrier in Humbert, Fl. Madag. (Engl. revis.), Orch.: 114 (1981); Du Puy et al., Orch. Madag.: 136 (1999); la Croix et al., Adansonia 24: 72 (2002). — Type: Madagascar, Itomampy , Perrier de la Bâthie 12650 (iso-, P) .

Plants to 250 mm. Leaves 3, alternate, ovate, 24-60 × 10-28 mm. Flowers 2-5, purplish to pink; median sepal linear, 8 mm long, hood oblong, 6-8 × 4.5 mm, lateral sepals elliptic, 8-11 × 5 mm, free; petals lanceolate, 5-8 × 2-3.2 mm; lip blade a kidney-shaped structure on a long linear stalk, appendage of two pubescent lobes.

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Madagascar; in dense forest, also in shade among rocks from 400 to 1000 m. Flowering mainly from June to September.