DISPERIS ORCHIDS OF SOUTH AFRICA

276pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, d.w., Flora & Fauna Publications Trust, Durban, 2025

ISBN: 9781834923352

This comprehensive guide profiles all thirty-two known South African taxa of Disperis, covering geographical distribution, habitat preferences and flowering periods, potential confusion with similar species where appropriate, known pollination mechanisms and natural hybrids, as well as the etymology behind species names.

Botanist, nature conservationist and orchid grower Gavin McDonald, now retired, was Assistant Professor at Mangosuthu University of Technology.

Guy Upfold is a horticulturalist with a long-standing passion for orchids.

Herbert Stärker is a retired Viennese banker interested in macro photography. He contributed photographs to The Cape Orchids and Orchids of South Africa.