Cynorkis violacea Schltr., Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, III, 1: 155 (1913).
Description:
Plants 20-30 cm tall, tubers 2, oblong-cylindrical, leaves generally 4 (sometimes only 2), radical, flat against the soil, lanceolate-linear (9-18 x 0.8-2.3 cm) and acute. Scape glabrous, bearing several sheaths; inflorescence sub dense, to 10 cm long, 7-20 flowered; flowers violet, bearing several pedicellate glands on the pedicel and the sepals; bracts elliptical-acuminate, equal to a third the length of the pedicel. Sepals 3-5 veined, the median 6 mm long, widely oval-obtuse and concave, the laterals semi-oval, longer than or slightly shorter than the median. Petals lanceolate, obtuse, 5-6 mm bong. Labellum 10-12 mm long 4 lobed, lateral lobes large, subsquare, 6 veined, veins bifurcated, the 2 front narrow, obtuse, 3-4 times narrower than the laterals and 3 veined, only one bifurcated, spur cylindrical, 12-14 mm long.
Habitat:
Distribution:
N. & C. Madagascar
