Cynorkis spatulata H.Perrier ex Hermans, Orchids Madagascar, ed. 2: 292 (2007).
Description:
Herbs, 15-25 cm tall, tubers 2, oblong; leaves 2, radical, flat against the soil, oval or oval-lanceolate (4-9 x 2-4.5 cm), shortly acute apically, rounded or slightly attenuate basally; scape bearing 2 sheaths with narrow, short limbuses, inflorescence 2-6 flowered; rachis short, equaling or slightly longer than the pedicel, bract narrow, not longer than a quarter the length of the pedicel; flowers rose, large (3.5-4 cm, including the pedicel). Median sepals hood shaped, oval-acute, with a very distinct recurved point behind, 7 veined, slightly distinct; laterals falcate, 10-15 mm long, widest apically (5-6 mm), very attenuate toward the base, 7 veined. Petals very narrow, falcate, 10 mm long, 2 mm wide in the apical third, very attenuate to a point basally, 2-3 veined. Labellum entire, narrow (15 x 3-4.5 mm), compressed basally, dilate and slightly angular in the basal quarter, retracted medially and slightly enlarged, rounded-spatulate apically; 7 veined diverging in the base, spur 2.5-3 cm long, cylindrical basally, slightly dilate in the apical third. Anther retuse (2 mm), cauda and channel 9 mm long, viscidiums ovoid (0.4-0.5 mm); staminodes in a narrow, thin lamina, upright, toward the middle of the arms of the rostellum, free 1 mm. long. Rostellum (9 mm), with the arms 5 mm long and the median lobe short (1 mm), thick and obtuse. Stigmas narrow, not more than a third the length of the arms. Pedicel 2-2.5 cm long, bearing several pedicelate glands.
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Distribution:
SE. Madagascar
