Cynorkis bifurca (H.Perrier) Hermans & P.J.Cribb, Kew Bull. 72(3)-38: 29 (2017).
Homotypic Names:
Physoceras bifurcum H.Perrier, Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 6: 254 (1955).
Description:
Geophyta; caulis semiperennans 10-30 cm altus; tubera 4,2 marcescentia, 2 túrgida; caulis e basi vaginis siccis cinctus, ad folium nudus. Folium vix supra caulis medium insertum, angustum, subgraminiforme, 5-12 cm Iongum, peracutum. Racemus dense 1-10-florus, 1-7 cm longus, subco rymbifor-mis ; bracteae 10-12 mm longae axim amplectantes, basi subtrilobae, auricu-latae, rotundatae, amplae, apice in laminam angustissimam peracutam productae. Sepalum intermedium naviculare, ovato-lanceolatum (12 X 5 mm), tenuiter 5-nervium ; lateralia subfalciformia, apicalia asymmetrica. Pétala välde asymmetrica (11x5 mm), ad labelli basim adnata. Labellum 4-lobum, 2 cm longum, basin versus in naviculam angustam attenuatum ; lobi inferiores 9-nervii, late obovati (12 x 12 mm) ; lobi antici subrectanguiares (6 X 3,2 mm), 6-nervii, apice irregulariter 4-6-dentati ; calcar pendens, 6 mm longum, teres, apice dilatatum, complanatum et bifurcatum. Gynostemium Gibbosorchidis (5.5 mm longum)
Notes:
Flower “olive bract and ovary, more or less washed with wine red; sepals tinted with light fawn with reddish veins; pale lilac pink petals; purplish pink lip; red-purple gynostemia ".
Species recognizable among all by its spur with bifurcated end.
Habitat:
No data.
Distribution:
NE. Madagascar
References:
LES ORCHIDEES DU MASSIF DU MAROJEJY ET DE SES AVANT-MONTS par H. PERRIER DE LA BATHIE
