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Cynorkis anacamptoides Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 151 (1895).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Bicornella anacamptoides (Kraenzl.) Szlach. & Kras, Richardiana 6: 142 (2006).
Description:
Roots fleshy, clustered. Stem 10-60 cm tall, erect, rather delicate, glandular in the upper half. Leaves 2-6 near the base of the stem, spread, petiolate; petiole up to 1(3) cm long, narrow; blade 2-13 cm long, 0.7-1.8 cm wide, obovate-, ovate-, or elliptic-lanceolate, acute; the upper 1 or 2 sessile, narrower, lanceolate, acuminate, erect to suberect. Cauline bracts 3-7, amplexicaul, acute. Inflorescence 2.5-20 cm long, (2)5-50-flowered, dense. Flowers tiny, resupinate, mauve, deep purple, pinkish, white. Floral bracts 6-8 mm long, herbaceous, thin, glabrous or sparsely glandular outside in the lower part. Pedicel and ovary 7-10 mm long, entirely or apically glandular. Tepals glabrous. Dorsal sepal 2-4 mm long, 1-2.7 mm wide, broadly ovate to almost rotundate, obtuse to subacute, strongly concave. Petals 2.5-4 mm long, 1-1.7 mm wide, obliquely oblong, oblanceolate or elliptic-obovate, obtuse to subacute. Lateral sepals 3.1 - 4.6 mm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, obliquely oblong-ovate or oblong-obovate, concave, obtuse, cucullate. Lip 3-5(8) mm long, 0.9-2.3 mm wide, unlobed; various in shape - usually oblanceolate, linear-lanceolate or linear in the basal half, rounded or elliptic in the apical half, acute to obtuse, rarely with small basal teeth and/or tiny callus near the entrance of the spur. Spur 2.5-5 mm long, narrowly cylindrical, obtuse, pendent, often somewhat curved and swollen above the base. Gynostemium 1-1.2 mm long.
Habitat:
Upland moor or grasslands, bogs with Sphagnum spp. or high grasses, swamps, marshes by streams or in open places in rain-forest. Usually in colonies.
Phenology:
Flowering from September-April.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, warm to cold growing terrestrial.
Distribution:
Nigeria, Cameroon, Sao Tomé and Príncipe (Sao Tomé), Equatorial Guinea (Río Muni, Bioko), the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique. Alt. 600-3000 m.
References:
Orchidaceae of West-central Africa, vol. 1, Gdansk University Press Gdansk 2010; Flora of Tropical East Africa Part 1 Summerhayes 1968; Orchids of East Africa Piers 1968; The Orchids of South Central Africa Williamson 1977; Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 Part 1 Pope 1995; Orchids of Kenya Stewart 1996; Field Guide to the Ethiopian Orchids Demissew, Cribb & Rasmussen 2004
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