Cynorkis ericophila H.Perrier ex Hermans, Orchids Madagascar, ed. 2: 291 (2007).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Imerinorchis ericophila Szlach., Orchidee (Hamburg) 56: 69 (2005), basionym not validly publ.
Description:
Plants thin, 30-40 cm. tall; tubers 2, fusiform; leaf solitary, lanceolate-acute (6-7 x 1.1-1.6 cm.). longly attenuate-petiolate basally. lnflorescence subcorymbiform. 3-6 flowered, flowers subfastigiate. rose colored and papillous; bracts equaling a third the length of the pedicel. Sepals 3 veined, the median hood shaped, obtuse. 6 mm. tall, the laterals widely oval-obtuse and larger (l0 mm.). Petals (6 mm.) very obtuse; very dissymmetrical, rear margins emarginate and the front margin slightly dilate, with 4 simple veins. Labellum oblong (8 x 4 mm.), obtuse, 5 veined, the median simple, the others 1-2 branched; spur 6 mm. long, slightly dilate apically. Anther (1.5 mm.), obtuse; cauda short (0.8 mm.), enlarged with the pollina; viscidiums oval and very small (0.2 mm.); staminodes straight, flat and rectangular. Rostellum arms thick. 1 mm. long, median lobe reduced to a small obtuse saddle, at the base of the connective appendage of the anther. Stigmas in wide. obovate laminas, nearby entirely free, incurved in front, longer (1.2 mm.) than the arms of the rostellum. Pedicel papillous and hearing several pedicellate glands, generally 15 mm. long.
Habitat:
In ericoid bushes, from 2400m. alt.; flowering: April.
Distribution:
N. Madagascar
