Disperis stenoplectron Rchb.f. 1881
Another Color Variety Photos by © Lourens Grobler
Inflorescence Photo by © Cameron McMasters
EARLY 
Common Name The Slim Spurred Disperis
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Lesotho, Cape Province, Natal, Orange Free State and Transvaal South Africa among grasses in seepage areas on slopes at elevations of 1200 to 2200 meters as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with 3, cauline, alternate, sessile, suberect, pubescent ovate to ovate-lanceolate, aute to acuminate leaves that blooms in the summer and early fall on an erect, terminal, 8 to 12" [20 to 30 cm] long, 3 to 10 flowered inflorescence with prominent green floral bractsthat are longer than the ovary and carrying color variable, fragrant flowers.
Synonyms Disperis anomala Schltr.1899; Disperis natalensis Rolfe 1913
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1881; AOS Bulletin Vol 50 No 8 1981 photo fide; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982 photo fide; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzwell 1999 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 71 No 3 2007 photo; A molecular phylogeny for the large African orchid genus Disa Bytebier 2006; Orchid Digest Vol 71 #3 2007 photofide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Northern South Africa and Swaziland McMurty, Grobler, Grobler & Burns 2008 photos fide
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