Disperis perrieri Schltr.

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), Adansonia (3) 27 (2), pp. 155-207 : 176-177

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5186519
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5194500
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E2D-FFDA-18A3-5262FE14FDBE
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Disperis perrieri Schltr.
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11. Disperis perrieri Schltr. View in CoL

Ann. Inst. Bot.- Géol. Colon. Marseille, ser. 3, 1: 160 (1913); 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: 71 (2002). — Type: Madagascar, Manongarivo Massif , Perrier de la Bâthie 1924 (holo-, P) .

Plants to 300 mm. Leaves 2-4, alternate, lanceolate, 28-50 × 9-12 mm. Flowers 1-2, mauve and rose-coloured, hood green; median sepal linear, 10 × 1 mm, hood shallowly obcordate, 12-15 × 16-20 mm, lateral sepals semi-ovate, 8.5-10 × 3.5-4 mm, free; petals 12 × 6 mm; lip blade a fleshy terminal body, stalked, appendage of two diverging papillose branches.

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Northwestern Madagascar; in damp woodland and humid evergreen forest from 1000 to 2250 m. Flowering in March and May.