Cynorkis schmidtii (Kraenzl.) Schltr., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 49: 23 (1899).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Holothrix schmidtii Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 66 (1893).
Description:
Plants with 2 radical leaves, oblong-acute. Scape thin, clad with 4 sheaths with lanceolate limbuses, diminishing is size toward the inflorescence. Inflorescence several flowered (5- 10); bracts lanceolate acuminate, generally equal to about half the length of the pedicel. Sepals cucullate, the median oval and obtusely acute, the laterals oblong, nearly oblique, provided with an obtuse apicule. Petals narrower, oblong, obtuse, slightly, longer than the sepals. Labellum compressed basally, enlarged in front and 5 lobed; lobules linear acute, diverging, the basals smaller; spur small, saccate, equaling half the length of the labellum, much shorter than the pedicel.
Habitat:
Distribution:
Comoros
