Cynorkis purpurascens Thouars 1822 SECTION Cynorkis
Photo by Olaf Pronk and Laurette E.U.R.L. orchids of Madagascar
Photo by Lourens Grobler ©
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Common Name The Shimmering Purple Cynorkis - In Madagascar - Katsakandrango, Fitsotsoka and Tsimpelany
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in Madagascar and the Mascarenes on shady rocks or sometimes on mossy tree trunks at elevations of sealevel to 1500 meters as a small to medium sized, hot to cool growing lithophyte or occasional epiphyte with a solitary, deciduous, oval-lanceolate leaf that appears with or after an inflorescence has arisen occuring in the spring, summer through fall on a glabrous, subcorymbiform, 10 to 35 flowered inflorescence with a solitary caulinar sheath.
Synonyms Cynorkis praecox (Schltr.) Schltr. 1924; Cynorkis purpurascens var. praecox Schltr. 1913; Cynosorchis praecox (Schltr.) Schltr. 1924; Cynosorchis purpurascens Thou. 1822; Cynosorchis purpurascens var. praecox Schltr. 1913; Gymnadenia purpurascens (Thouars) A.Rich. 1828; Orchis purpurascens (Thouars) Spreng. 1826
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822 as Cynosorchis purpurescens drawing hmm; Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1878 as Cynosorchis purpurescens; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Cynosorchis purpurescens photo ok; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as Cynosorchis purpurescens; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchids of East Africa Piers 1968 photo ok; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 5 257- 320 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1974 drawing column only; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 6 2006 photo; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 # 6 2008 photo not = C calanthoides; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 #3 2009 photo fide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 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;
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