Cynorkis raymondiana H.Perrier ex Hermans, Orchids Madagascar, ed. 2: 292 (2007).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Cynorkis raymondiana H.Perrier, Arch. Bot. Sist. 5: 48 (1931), not effectively published.
Bicornella raymondiana Szlach. & Kras, Richardiana 6: 145 (2006), nom. inval.
Description:
Stems glabrous, 15-20 cm tall, tubers 2, oval, roots villous; leaves 2, radical, rarely 3, oblong-lanceolate (4-8 x 1.2-2 cm) and cuspidate-acute. Scape thin, with 3-4 distant sheaths. Inflorescence very loose, 2-5 cm long, 6-12 flowered, bracts acute, a third the length of the pedicel, flowers of a white-rose, very small (11-14 mm including the pedicel). Median sepal oval-obtuse, concave, 1 veined, of the same length as the semi-oval laterals (3 x 1.5 mm). Petals semi-oval (2.5 x 1.2 mm), obtuse and 2 veined. Labellum (4 mm) attenuate basally, 5 lobed, very unequal and 5 veined, the median simple, the others branched in the lower lobes; inferior lobes small, triangular-acute and diverging, the intermediaries larger and obovate, the median longer than the others, but oblong-acute and narrower, spur clavate, 1.5-1.8 mm long, three times wider apically than at its base. Rostellum tridentate in front. Pedicel tridentate in front. Pedicel glabrous, 7-10 mm long.
Habitat:
In forests on the eastern coast, on dunes, flowering in July.
Distribution:
SE. Madagascar
