Cynorkis tenella Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 124 (1886).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Bicornella tenella (Ridl.) Szlach. & Kras, Richardiana 6: 146 (2006).
Description:
Plants thin, 10-15 cm tall, tubers small: leaves 4, radical, oval-oblong (2.5-4 cm x 6 mm), scape glabrous, bearing 2-3 acuminate sheaths, inflorescence loose, 4-5 flowered, flowers small (5 mm without the pedicel), bracts oval-acuminate, longer than the pedicel. Median sepal oval-acute, the laterals larger, sickle shaped, oblong and obtuse. Petals lanceolate. Labellum trilobed, lateral lobes, curved and subacute, the median oblong, obtuse and longer; spur shortly clavate, of the same length as the lateral sepals. Channel of the anther equaling the rostellum. Stigmas oval, fleshy, slightly, hidden. Pedicel slightly pubescent.
Habitat:
Distribution:
Comoros, C. Madagascar
