Inflorescence Photo by © Labat and Mobot Madagascar Photo List

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Common Name The Lilac Cynorkis

Flower Size [.6" 1.5 cm]

Found in central to south central Madagascar in grasslands and marshes and on islenbergs at elevations around 1300 to 1800 meters as a small to medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with a single, lanceolate, distinctly petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring through fall on an erect, glandular, several flowered inflorescence holding the flowers towards the apex.

Synonyms Bicornella pulchra Kraenzl. ex Schltr 1914; Cynorkis andringitrana subsp. curvicalcar H.Perrier 1931; Cynorkis boiviniana Kraenzl. 1898; Cynorkis lilacina var. boiviniana (Kraenzl.) H.Perrier 1939; Cynorkis lilacina var. comorensis H.Perrier ex Hermans 2007; Cynorkis lilacina subsp. curvicalcar (H.Perrier) H.Perrier 1939; Cynorkis lilacina var. laxiflora (Schltr.) H.Perrier 1939; Cynorkis lilacina var. pulchra (Kraenzl. ex Schltr.) H.Perrier 1939; Cynorkis lilacina var. tereticalcar H.Perrier ex Hermans 2007; Cynorkis pulchra (Kraenzl. ex Schltr.) Schltr. 1916; Cynorkis pulchra var. laxiflora Schltr. 1924; Forsythmajoria pulchra (Kraenzl. ex Schltr.) Kraenzl. 1914

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1937/81; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo fide

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