Cynorkis orchioides Schltr., Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, III, 1: 152 (1913).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Lowiorchis orchioides (Schltr.) Szlach., Orchidee (Hamburg) 55: 315 (2004).
Description:
Herbs generally 35 cm tall, tubers 2, elongated and narrow, very villous even on the roots; leaf solitary, radical, embracing the stern, narrowly lanceolate (20x 4.1 cm) and very acute; scape bare and glabrous, inflorescence sub dense, 20-25 flowered, flowers purplish, with the external parts sometimes bearing several glands; bracts shorter than the pedicel. Sepals obtuse, 5 veined, the median elliptical, 4.5 mm long, the laterals subfalciform, slightly longer (5 mm). Petals (5 mm) elliptical-lingulate, obtuse and 2 veined. Labellum (10-11mm long and wide), compressed basally, 4 lobed, the lateral lobes slightly wider than the superiors, spur 5 mm long, slightly swollen-clavate apically, obtuse, Anther l mm tall, cauda and channel 0.7 mm long, viscidiums joined together in a reddish, discoid body (0.5mm in diameter), staminodes nearly horizontal, joined by their margins to the rostellum and longer. Rostellum as in C. sambiranoensis, but without the teeth on the margins of the median notch and with the keel of the sinus more projecting. Stigmas longer than the rostellum. Pedicel glabrous, 2 cm long.
Habitat:
In rocky woods; flowering in November.
Distribution:
W. & NC. Madagascar
