Cynorkis seychellarum Aver., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 68: 1566 (1983).
Description:
Planta perennis, glabra; tubera 2, parva, paulum elongate, indivisa; radices ad caulis basin tenues; caulis 15 cm alt., prope basin folia 2 squamiformia et 2 evolita gerens; folia evoluta lanceolate, apice acutata et aristata, carinata, incurvate 2.5-6 cm lg. et 0.4-1.1 cm lt.; folia caulina in numero 2 minuta, bracteiformia aristata 1.1 – 1.7 cm lg.; flos solitarius (vel flores pauci?) lucide roseus, terminalis; perianthii phylla exteriora orbiculari-ovata, trinervia, 3.5-4 mm lg., 2.5-3 mm lt.; phylla 2 interiora lateralia lanceolate, 3 mm lg. et circa 1 mm lt., cuneate, apice angustata; labellum 12 mm lg. et 10 mm lt., trilobum cruciatum, lobo medio bifido basi in calcarem longum, tenue, apice paulo incrassatum 27 mm lg. et circa 1 mm lt. productum ovarium 2.5 cm lg.
Habitat:
In locis humidis umbrosis in silva in insula Praslin (Seychelles)
Distribution:
Seychelles (Praslin)
References:
A new species of the genus Cynorkis (Orchidaceae) from the Seychelles. Bot. Journ. (Leningrad) 68, 11: 1566-1568 (in Russian). By L.V. Averyanov
