Cynorkis aurantiaca Ridl. 1886 SECTION Parviflorae

Drawing by © Perrier and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

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Common Name The Orange Cynorkis

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Found in central Madagascar in evergreen forests as an epiphyte and marshes as a terrestrial at elevations of 1200 to 1800 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing epiphyte or terrestrial with 2 tubers, a single grass-like leaf that blooms in the later summer on a thin, bristly-glandular, erect, 2 to 6" [5 to 15 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Bicornella aurantiaca (Ridl.) Szlach. & Kras 2006; Cynosorchiss aurantiaca Ridley 1886;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as Cynosorchis aurantiaca drawing fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2008 photo fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide;

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