Cynorkis saxicola Schltr. 1924 SECTION Parviflorae
Photo by © Gilles G and The Paleo-Orchid Madgascar Blog Website
TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
EARLIER
Common Name or Meaning The Rock Loving Cynorkis
Flower Size .64" [1.6 cm] long,
Found in south central and east central Madagascar on shaded wet rocks at elevations around 1700 to 2700 meters as a miniature to small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with elongated tubers giving rise to an erect stem carrying 3 radical, linear to ligulate-linear, acute, glabrous leaves that blooms in the earlier summer on a terminal, erect, 4.8 to 10" [12 to 25 cm] long overall, rachis 1.6" [4 cm] long, very loose, 3 to 15 flowered inflorescence.
CAUTION!!! The Photo determination above does not conform well with the references that I have, so please use with caution! The Type drawing is absolutely correct.
Synonyms Bicornella saxicola (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006; Cynosorchis saxicola Schlter. 1925;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/1981 as Cynosorchis saxicola drawing fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb and Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo ok; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo ok;
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