Orchidaceae
Disperis

Disperis lindleyana Rchb.f.

First published in Flora 48: 181 (1865)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zimbabwe to S. Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Orchidaceae, I. la Croix and P.J. Cribb. Flora Zambesiaca 11:1. 1995

Morphology General Habit
Terrestrial herb 13–30 cm tall; tubers c. 15 × 10 mm, ovoid, woolly.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf 1, about halfway up the stem, 1.7–7 × 1.5–4 cm, ovate, cordate at the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence 1–5-flowered.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white tinged with green, with violet markings, aging to creamy-yellow.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary 20 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts leaf-like, 10–15 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Dorsal sepal 15 mm long, joined to petals to form a conical, sac-like hood 8–10 mm long from top of ovary to apex of hood. Lateral sepals spreading, 8–10 × 5–8 mm, obliquely ovate, acute, each with a sac-like spur 2 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 8–9 mm long, falcate-oblong, the outer margin undulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Labellum
Lip broadly unguiculate, reflexed; limb 8 mm long, broadly linear, obtuse, bearing an appendage at the point of reflexion; appendage obovate-oblong, fleshy and papillose at the apex, shorter than the limb.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0