Cynorkis bathiei Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 41 (1924).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Bicornella bathiei (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras, Richardiana 6: 141 (2006).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Cynorkis inversa Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 55 (1924).
Description:
Plants thin, 7-30 cm tall, tubers 2, elongated; leaves 2, radical, oblong or elliptical-lanceolate (2-ti x 0.5-1.7cm.), apiculate nr acute, slightly gradually attenuate toward the base from the center; scape bearing several sheaths, distant with their limbuses lanceolate-acuminate and with more or less numerous pedicellate glands near the apex. Inflorescence more or less dense, several or many flowered, to 6-gem, tall and 1.2-2.3 cm in diameter; bracts lanceolate-acuminate, half to a quarter the length of the pedicel; flowers inverted, small (10-14 mm pedicel included), rose with darker spots. Sepals 4-6 mm long, oval-obtuse and 3 veined the median concave. Petals oblong, very obtuse. 2 veined, longer than the median sepal. Labellum (4-6 x 4-5 mm) deeply trilobed, lateral lobes oblong and narrow; median lobe widely oval or sub orbicular (3-4 x 2. 5-4 mm), with the front margins obscurely trilobulate or sub crenate-undulate; spur cylindrical, obtuse and 1.5-3 mm long. Anther and rostellum very small (less than 0.5 mm). Rostellum with 3 similar teeth, the median flat, Pedicel glabrous sprinkled with pedicellate glands, 5-7 mm long.
Habitat:
On rocks in ericoid bushes, from 2400 m alt.; flowering in February-April.
Distribution:
SE. Madagascar
