Cynorkis villosa Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 88 (1906).
Description:
Plants with 3-5 radical leaves, flat, elliptical-oblong or elliptical lanceolate, 10-20 cm long, roots villous, scape 20-25 cm long, hispid-glandular, inflorescence 7.5-10 cm long, flowers purple, bearing several glands on the pedicel and the external surfaces of the sepals. Sepals oval-oblong and apiculate. Petals with their margins dilate. Labellum short, not longer than the sepals, shortly trilobed apically, lobes obtuse, the median larger and more rounded, spar swollen-clavate oblong, and not more than half the length of the pedicel. Rostellum (3 mm totally) arms 1.4 mm long, median lobe nearly absent.
Habitat:
In ravines and in humid low to mid-elevation forests at elevations of 1000 to 1200 meters-
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cool growing terrestrial.
Distribution:
SW. Madagascar
References:
Flora of Madagascar: vascular plants: 49th family, Orchids / by H. Perrier de La Bathie; published under the auspices of the government of Madagascar and under the direction of H. Humbert; English revision and translation by Steven D. Beckman; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009
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