Cynorkis anacamptoides var. anacamptoides
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Stenoglottis calcarata Rchb.f., Flora 48: 180 (1865).
Habenaria calcarata Benth. ex Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 211 (1898).
Cynorkis platylepoides Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 367 (1900).
Cynorkis barlaea Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 489 (1915).
Cynorkis gymnadenoides Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 489 (1915).
Cynorkis micrantha Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33(2): 401 (1915), nom. illeg.
Description:
Slender terrestrial herb, up to 50 cm. Stem and inflorescence glandular hairy. Leaves near the base of the stem, lanceolate-elliptic. Inflorescence 5-many-flowered, often pyramidal at first, more elongated later. Flowers small, pink, mauve or purple; dorsal sepal forming a hood with the petals; lateral sepals spreading; lip linear-ligulate, entire; spur 3-5 mm long.
Notes:
Cynorkis anacamptoides is notable for its long flowering period of almost 6 months, from late September to mid March. Certain specimens from Zomba Plateau and Mulanje Mt. in Malawi (la Croix 95 and Johnston-Stewart 276) and the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe (Chase 5121) have much larger flowers than usual, but do not seem to differ in any other way. These large-flowered specimens seem always to be pale pink or white.
Habitat:
Wet and marshy areas and at edge of dams, usually in colonies 600–2300 m.
Flowering time:
(Sep-) Dec - Mar
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, warm to cold growing terrestrial.
Distribution:
Trop. Africa
References:
Orchidaceae of West-central Africa, vol. 1, Gdansk University Press Gdansk 2010; La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1); La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam; Summerhayes, V.S. (1957). African orchids XXIV Kew Bulletin 12(1)
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Photograph©Bart Wursten. Image used with kind permission. |
