Cynorkis rosellata (Thouars) Bosser 1997 SECTION SECTION Imerinorchis
Photo by © Landy Rita and The Natusfera Website
TYPE Drawing by © Thouars and Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria
Photo by © Rogier Van Vugt and Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria
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Common Name The Rosellate Cynorkis [refers to the radiating cluster of leaves ]
Flower Size
Found in Madagascar and Reunion in mossy forests, river margins and on shaded and humid rocks at elevations of 500 to 1500 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial or lithophyte with several leaves that blooms in the late winter through spring as well as in the early fall on a laxly flowered, erect, inflorescence.
Synonyms Cynorkis imerinensis (Ridl.) Kraenzl. 1898; Cynosorchis inmerensis Ridley 1900; Gymnadenia rosellata (Thouars) A.Rich. 1828; Habenaria imerinensis Ridl. 1885; Habenaria mascarenensis Spreng. 1826; Habenaria rosellata (Thouars) Schltr.1915; Imerinorchis imerinensis (Ridl.) Szlach. 2005; *Satyrium rosellatum Thouars 1822
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822 as Satyrium rosellatum drawing fide; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as Cynosorchis inmernesis drawing fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagfascar Hermans & Cribb 2009; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide;
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