Cynorkis andringitrana Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 40 (1924).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Bicornella andringitrana (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras, Richardiana 6: 143 (2006).
Description:
Plants thin, 15-30 cm tall tubers 2, rounded or elongated; with a single basal leaf, elliptical oblong or oblanceolate (5-17 x -2 .5 cm), obtuse or acute, attenuate basally; scape glabrous, bearing a small number of distant sheaths, with lanceolate and very acuminate limbuses; inflorescence very loose, to 12 cm long, 5-20 flowered, nearly unilateral, bracts lanceolate very acuminate, a third to a fourth the length of the pedicel, flowers average (14 mm including the pedicel generally), of a violet-red (clear). Sepals obtuse, 3 veined, the median widely oval, concave, shorter (4-5 mm) than the laterals (5-6 mm) falciform oblong Petals oval-falciform obtuse, 2 veined basally, the internal basal margins adhering to the median sepal and longer than it. Labellum widely compressed basally, obviously trilobed medially, 6-6.5 mm long and 4.5 mm wide between the lobes, lateral lobes short, oblong and very obtuse; median lobe twice as long, subsquare and generally 3 mm wide, spar narrowly cylindrical, slightly thicker apically and 5-5.5 mm long. Anther l mm tall, staminodes obovate-spatulate upright, longer than the rostellum, Rostellum short (1 mm), with 3 short, obtuse teeth. Stigmas longer than the rostellum, adnate their total length. Pedicel glabrous, generally 8 mm long.
Habitat:
In massy forests, from 1800-2200 m alt.; flowering in February-April
Distribution:
C. Madagascar
