Cynorkis papillosa (Ridl.) Summerh. 1951 publ. 1952 SECTION Parviflorae

Photo by Du Puy and the MOBOT Madagascar Website

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Common Name The Small Wart Cynorkis

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in central and eastern Madagascar in peat bogs and in ericaceous scrub at elevations of 1500 to 2400 meters as a small to medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with 2, oblong tubers giving rise to a slender, glabrous stem without developed leaves that blooms in the late spring and summer on a subdense, 10 to 30 flowered inflorescence with several bracts and carrying very small, glabrous flowers.

Synonyms Cynorkis filiformis (Kraenzl.) H.Perrier1931; Cynosorchis filiformis Perrier 1931; Habenaria filiformis (Kraenzl.) Ridl. 1885; *Habenaria papillosa Ridl. 1885; Helorchis filiformis (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1924; Peristylus filiformis Kraenzl. 1882;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb and Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 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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