Cynorkis fimbriata H.Perrier ex Hermans 2007 SECTION Lowiorchis TYPE Drawing by © Perrier and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Part Shade Cold Fall

Common Name The Fimbriate Cynorkis

Flower Size .54" [1.4 cm]

Found in northern and central Madagascar among wet rocks in shade at elevations of 2000 to 2200 meters as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with fusiform-narrow tubers giving rise to a stem carrying a single leaf that blooms on a terminal, erect, glabrous, short, 4 to 8 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Lowiorchis fimbriata Szlach. 2004; Cynosorchis fimbriata Perrier 1931

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939 as Cynosorchis fimbriata drawing fide; *Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009

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