Plant descriptions ²

Plant 6-11 cm tall; leaves 2-3, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 2.8-4.5 x 0.7-1.3 cm, reticulately marbled with white; inflorescence 3-15-flowered, glandular; flowers pink; sepals 3.5-4.5 mm long; lip 3-lobed, broadly ovate, 4-4.5 x 3 mm, side lobes subtriangular, midlobe broadly ovate, obtuse; spur sausage-shaped, 4-5 mm long, another form has a sub-entire lip and short, 1-2.5 mm long, cylindrical spur.

Elevation ²

1 000 - 1 500 m

Référence ²

Bosser J. & Lecoufle M. 2011.- Les orchidées de Madagascar. Biotope, Mèze (Collection Parthénope).

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Landy Rita, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Landy Rita
2. (c) Romer Rabarijaona, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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