Cynorkis filiformis Schltr. 1924SECTION Parviflorae

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

Common Name The Filiform Cynorkis

Flower Size .54" [1.4 cm]

Found in central and southcentral Madagascar in montane scrub in sphagnum moss at elevations of 1100 to 2600 meters as a small to medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with 2, rounded, oblong tubers giving rise to an erect stem with a single, radical, linear-acute, attenuate below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the summer on a terminal, erect, 3.2 to 8" [8 to 20 cm] long, subdense, filiform, bristly granular towards the apex, rachis to 2.4" [6 cm] long, hispidulous-glandular, 2 to 7 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Bicornella hirtula (H.Perrier) Szlach. & Kras 2006; Cynorkis hirtula H.Perrier 1931; Cynosorchis filiformis Perrier 1931; Cynosorchis hirtula Perrier 1931

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939 as Cynosorchis filiformis drawing fide; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939 as Cynosorchis hirtula; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo fide; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide;

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