Disperis katangensis Summerh.
var. katangensis

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Miombo Woodland
Kapishya Springs
Jan 2017
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Status:	Native
Description:	Terrestrial herb 5-20 cm tall, tuber c. 1 cm long, globose; leaves 2, alternate, 1-3 x 0.8-2 cm, ovate, cordate at base, deep dull green with whitish veins on upper surface, deep purple below; inflorescence 1-5 flowered, ovary 10-13 mm long, bracts leaf like, 6-20 mm; flowers pale mauve with yellow and purple marks inside hood; dorsal sepal 7-17 mm long, linear, adnate to petals to form an open hood 13-15 mm long, 5.5-11 mm deep and 15-18 mm wide across mouth; lateral sepals 12-15 x 6-11 mm, obliquely elliptic, apiculate, joined for quarter to one third their length, each with a sac-like spur up to 0.5 mm long; petals 7-17 x 7-11 mm, elliptic; lip 7.5-10 mm long, claw sharply bent back near base dilating into a densely papillate appendage, broadly reniform.
Type location:	DRC, Katanga
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Habitat:	Brachystegia woodlands
Altitude range: (metres)	1500 - 1800 m
Flowering time:	Dec - Frb
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC to Tanzania and Zambia
FZ divisions:	N,W
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Cb,N,Mc
Growth form(s):	Terrestrial.
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Images last updated:	Thursday 6 July 2017
Literature:	La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Pages 239 - 242. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 119. Vollesen, K. & Merrett, L. (2019). Field Guide to the (wetter) Zambian Miombo Woodland. Part 1 (Ferns & Monocots) GVPedia Communications Page 156. as D. katangensis (Includes a picture).

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Disperis katangensis
African Plant Database: Disperis katangensis
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