Cynorkis mangabensis Hermans & P.J.Cribb

in J. Hermans, J.L. Andriantiana, A. Sieder et al., Kew Bull 72 : 38 (2017).

Répartition

Madagascar.

Floraison : _______A____. Altitude de 556 à 556 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte. Taille de 0 à 48 cm. Feuille unique, de 150-170 × 40-45 mm, oblongues. Bractées apex acuminé. Fleurs de 0 à 9, blanches. Sépale dorsal en coiffe, lancéolé, ovale, de 12-13 × 3-4 mm. Sépales latéraux oblongs, obovales, de 11-12 × 5-6 mm. Labelle oblong, de 14-15 × 10-11 mm.

Commentaires

The new species is typified by its long inflorescence, medium-sized white flowers with an entire lip. It is an epiphyte similar to Cynorkis muscicola Bosser (1969: 346), in section Imerinorchis, in the length of its inflorescence and entire lip but its flowers are twice as large and the lip is oblong and angular rather than linguiform. C. muscicola was found at high altitude in South-Central Madagascar, the new species comes from wet forest in the North-East.