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Cynorkis tryphioides Schltr., Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, III, 1: 155 (1913).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Bicornella tryphioides (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras, Richardiana 6: 146 (2006).
Description:
Plants small, generally 5 cm tall, leaves 2, radical, oval-acute (3-3.2 x 2-2.3 cm), glabrous, flat against the soil. Scape glabrous, bearing a small medial sheath; inflorescence loose, 15-17 flowered. Flowers small (8-l0 mm including the pedicel) lilac and glabrous, bracts equaling the pedicel. Sepals obtuse, the median widely oval (3 x 2 mm), 1 veined and hood shaped, the laterals oblong (3 x 1.2 mm), slightly dissymmetrical. 2 veined. Petals (3 x l mm), obtuse, dilate on the front edge medially and 2 veined. Labellum (3 x 3 mm), compressed-wide basally, trilobed, the lobes wide and slightly unequal, 3 veined, the median lobe notched or shortly bifid medially; spur cylindrical or slightly attenuate, 3-3.5 mm long. Anther rounded, flat, channel and cauda l mm long, viscidiums small, acute, in a reflexed point with the rostellum. Rostellum trilobed apically, median lobe elongated with the clinandrium in a vertical septum, separated by the 2 channels. Stigmas not reduced, joined nearly their entire length marginally. Pedicel glabrous, 5-6 mm long.
Habitat:
On rocks in open woods, between 300-1000 m alt.
Phenology:
Flowering in December-February.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, hot to cool growing terrestrial.
Distribution:
N. & NW. 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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