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Cynorkis buchananii Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 260 (1898).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Bicornella buchananii (Rolfe) Szlach. & Kras, Richardiana 6: 143 (2006).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Cynorkis nyassana Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 145 (1906).
Cynorkis buchwaldiana subsp. nyassana (Schltr.) Summerh., Kew Bull. 16: 258 (1962).
Cynorkis bosseriana Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 39: 31 (1994).
Bicornella bosseriana (Szlach.) Szlach. & Kras, Richardiana 6: 143 (2006).
Description:
Tubers not seen. Stem 20 cm tall, erect, rather stout, sparsely glandular in upper half. Leaf single, ca. 2 cm wide, sessile, broadly lanceolate, lying on the ground; 2 cauline sheaths above, erect, ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, or the upper one sparsely glandular. Inflorescence 6 cm long, ca. 20-flowered, relatively dense. Floral bracts 4 mm long, sparsely glandular outside at the apex, singlenerved. Pedicel and ovary 5 mm long, glandular in the upper half. Dorsal sepal 3.8 mm long, 1.6 mm wide, ovate-lanceolate, subacute, cochleate, glandular outside. Petals 3.5 mm long, 1.1 mm wide, lanceolate-falcate, subacute. Lateral sepals 5 mm long, 3 mm wide, oblong, falcate, subobtuse, glandular outside. Lip 4.5 mm long, 3 mm wide, triangular-ovate in general outline, channel-formed, papillate, widest and shallowly three-lobed at the apex; the middle lobe triangular, acute, slightly longer than lateral lobes; lateral lobes more or less rounded, crenate along margins; basal lobes inconspicuous, falcate-triangular, acute. Spur ca. 2.5 mm long, filiform, acute, slightly falcate, pendent. Gynostemium 1 mm long.
Habitat:
Pine plantations, seepage slopes and damp grassland 1200-1900 m.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
Tanzania (Uluguru Mts.), Zaïre, S. Malawi
References:
Orchidaceae of West-central Africa, vol. 1, Gdansk University Press Gdansk 2010; Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 1 Summerhayes 1968; Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 Orchidaceae Part 1 Pope 1995
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