Cynorkis angustipetala Ridl. 1885 SECTION Cynorchis
Photo by MAJ Orchids
Common Name The Thin Petaled Cynorkis
Flower Size 2 to 2 3/4" [5 to 7 cm]
Found in Madagascar in open humid woods, grasslands, forest and woodland margins and in marshlands in peaty soils at elevations 500 to 2000 meters as a small to medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial and occasional epiphytic orchid with 2 elongate tubers carrying 1 to 2 radical, lingulate or lanceolate-linear leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a glabrous, loosely several to many flowered inflorescence with 1 to 3 sheaths and carrying variable color, shape and sized flowers.
Synonyms Cynosorchis angustipetala Ridley 1885
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as Cynosorchis angustipetala; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as Cynosorchis angustipetala var amabilis; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as Cynosorchis angustipetala var bella; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as Cynosorchis angustipetala var moramangensis; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as Cynosorchis angustipetala var oligadenia; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as Cynosorchis angustipetala var oxypetala; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as Cynosorchis angustipetala var speciosa; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as Cynosorchis angustipetala var tananarivensis; Orchids Of Madagascar Hermans 2007 Photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 #3 2009 photo fide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #6 2015 photo fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 81 #3 2017 photo fide; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #7 2019 as C speciosa photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #8 2019 photo good;
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