Cynorkis quinquepartita H.Perrier ex Hermans, Orchids Madagascar, ed. 2: 292 (2007).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Cynorkis quinquepartita H.Perrier, Arch. Bot. Bull. Mens. 5: 41 (1931), not effectively published.
Bicornella quinquepartita Szlach. & Kras, Richardiana 6: 142 (2006), nom. inval.
Description:
Plants 40-60 cm tail, very thin; without tubers, but with its roots fasciculate, villous and slightly fleshy Leaf I. radical (rarely 2), lanceolate-narrow (10-20 x 0.7-2.8 cm.), very longly attenuate in a petiole and very acute, margins reflexed below, squamulous, dentate-crenulate when young; scape 7-15 sheathed, sheaths gradually diminishing in size, limbuses narrow and very acute; inflorescence elongated (4-15 cm ) less dense, 1.5-2 cm wide; rachis glabrous; bracts very narrow and very acute, generally equaling a quarter the length of the pedicel; flowers violet, bearing several exterior glands. Median sepal orbicular (2.5 mm. in diameter), concave and I veined; laterals larger (3.5 x 2 mm.), obovate-oblong. Petals oval-obtuse (2 x 1.2 mm ). adnate to the margins on the labellum in its lower third Labellum (5 x 4.5 mm.), 5 lobed, the basal lobes larger than the intermediaries, but slightly smaller than the median; spur cylindrical, but wide (4 x 1 mm.) Anther 1 mm. tall; cauda and channel 0.7mm. long; stammodes wide, longer than the anther; viscidiums lanceolate-acute, similar to those of Cynorkis schlechteri, but much smaller; rostellum tridentate; stigmas free in their upper half, much shorter than the rostellum. Pedicel 10-12 mm. long, bearing several pedicellate glands.
Habitat:
In montane mossy forests at elevations around 1200 meters.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cool growing terrestrial.
Distribution:
N. Madagascar
Reference:
Flora of Madagascar: vascular plants: 49th family, Orchids / by H. Perrier de La Bathie; published under the auspices of the government of Madagascar and under the direction of H. Humbert; English revision and translation by Steven D. Beckman; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2008; A field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009;
