Cynorkis quinqueloba H.Perrier ex Hermans, Orchids Madagascar, ed. 2: 292 (2007).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Cynorkis quinqueloba H.Perrier, Arch. Bot. Bull. Mens. 5: 41 (1931), not effectively published.
Bicornella quinqueloba Szlach. & Kras, Richardiana 6: 142 (2006), nom. inval.
Description:
Plants thin, 20-25 cm tall; 3-4 leaved, basal, elliptical or oblong (2.-4 x 0.7-1 cm), cuspidate-acute and attenuate toward the have; scape with 5-6 small and hispid-glandulous sheaths near the apex; inflorescence short (3 cm), 7-10 flowered; rachis bristly with pedicelate glands; bracts equally bristly, generally a (bird the length of the pedicel; flowers of average size (15-16 mm pedicel included), very finely papillous exteriorly. Median sepal widely oval 15 x 3 mm), obtuse and 5 veined; laterals as large (5 x 3 mm), 4 veined, the laterals branch in toward the exterior edge, the others simple.´Petals widely oval (5 x 3 mm), very obtuse and 4 veined Labellum with 5 obtuse lobes (totalling 6 x 4.5-5 mm), the laterals equal, at least half as large as the median: 5 veined. The median simple, the 2 intermediary laterals bifurcated apically and the 2 externals branching in the lateral lobes, spur subglobulous (l mm in diameter). Anther l mm tall, staminodes spatulate and obtuse, equating half the length of the anther. Rostellum tridentate, the median tooth slightly larger; stigmas porrect (0.6 mm.), very thick. Pedicel 9-10 mm long, bristly with pedicellate glands.
Habitat:
Distribution:
SE. & S. Madagascar
