Disperis concinna Schltr.

concinna: neat, elegant

Slender terrestrial herb, 10-25 cm tall. Leaves 3-4, alternate along the stem, sessile, elliptic or lanceolate, 15-32 mm long, hairless. Inflorescence 1-4-flowered. Bracts c. 13 × 6 mm, leaf-like. Flowers c. 10 mm wide, greenish-white to yellowish-white, more or less tinged rose-pink or purple. Dorsal sepal c. 8 × 3 mm, forming a sac-like hood with the petals c. 5 mm wide. Lateral sepals spreading, 5-7 mm long, pointed at the apex and each with a conical spur c. 2 mm long.

Local and occasional

Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa.