Disperis latigaleata H.Perrier

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), Adansonia (3) 27 (2), pp. 155-207 : 180

24. Disperis latigaleata H.Perrier

Notul. Syst. (Paris) 8: 36 (1939), in Humbert, Fl. Madag. (Engl. revis.), Orch.: 111 (1981); Du Puy et al., Orch. Madag.: 135 (1999); la Croix et al., Adansonia 24: 62 (2002). — Type: Madagascar, Ankazondrano, Humbert 13440 (lecto-, P).

Plants to 210 mm. Leaves 2, opposite, ovate or lanceolate, 16-60 × 10-20 mm. Flowers 1-4, pink or violet; median sepal linear, 6-8 × 1 mm, hood broad, lateral sepals semi-orbicular, almost free, apparently unspurred; petals ovate, 5-7 × 4.5- 5 mm; lip blade triangular, pubescent with glabrous tip, appendage of two linear lobes, pubescent, slightly thickened at tips.

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Madagascar; in dry deciduous forest or woodland and in moss on boulders from 600 to 2000 m, sometimes epiphytic. Flowering from September to December.