Cynorkis betsomangensis (Bosser) Hermans & P.J.Cribb 2017

Side View of Flower

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Full shade Cool LATERSpring

Common Name The Betsomanga Cynorkis

Flower Size

Found in northeastern and southcentral Madagascar in montane, ericaceous scrub at elevations of 1000 to 1500 meters as a cool growing terrestrial with a narrowly ovate leaf that blooms in the later spring on an erect, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms *Physoceras betsomangense Bosser 1980

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009 as Physoceras betsomangensis;

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