Cynorkis stenoglossa Kraenzl. 1893 SECTION Imerinorchis
Photo by © Jean Bosser
Drawing by © Perrier and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name or Meaning The Narrow Tongued Cynorkis
Flower Size .64" [1.6 cm]
Found in Madagascar in humid evergreen forests at elevations of 600 to 1500 meters as a miniature to small sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial or epiphyte with 1 to 2, very broad leaves that blooms in the winter and spring on a terminal, erect, 2.4 to 4.8" [6 to 12 cm] long, bristly glandular above, dense to subdense, generally more than 10 flowered inflorescence with 2 to 3 caulinar sheaths and lanceolate-linear, equal to or shorter than the ovary floral bract.
Synonyms Cynorkis stenoglossa var. pallens H.Perrier 1931; Cynorkis stenoglossa var. pallens H.Perrier ex Hermans 2007; Cynosorchis stenoglossa Kranzl. 1893; Cynosorchis stenoglossa var pallens Perrier 1931; Imerinorchis stenoglossa (Kraenzl.) Szlach. 2005
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/1981 as Cynosorchis stenoglossa drawing fide; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/1981 as Cynosorchis stenoglossa var pallens; Orchids of Madagascar Herrmans, Dupuy, Cribb & Bosser 1007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide;
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