72.Disperis oxyglossa Bolus J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 76 (1885); Schlechter, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 917 (1898); Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 301 (1913); J. C. Manning in H. P. Linder F Kurzweil, Orch. S. Afr.: 314 (1999). — Type: South Africa, Griqualand East, Tyson 1603 (holo-, BOL). Plants to 330 mm. Leaves 2-4, alternate, ovate, 10-35 × 4-8 mm. Flowers 2-7, pink and cream; median sepal lanceolate, 12-14 × 4-5 mm, saccate, lateral sepals ± horizontal, lanceolate, 14-17 × 4.5-7 mm; petals clawed, elliptic, 8-10 × 2.5- 4 mm; lip blade triangular and shallowly funnelshaped, appendage ovate, with lateral flanges. DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South Africa (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal); in damp grassland, commonly in seepages or along water courses from 1200 to 2700 m. Flowering mainly from January to February.

Published as part of Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), pp. 155-207 in Adansonia (3) (3) 27 (2) on page 201, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5186519