Plant descriptions ²

Plant 15-35 cm tall; leaves 4-5, linear to linear-lanceolate, 6-12 x 0.6-1.2 cm; spike 5-16 cm long; flowers cinnabar-orange; sepals 4 mm long; lip oblong, 3 lobed, the lateral lobes very obtuse; spur scrotiform and little flattened, 0.8 mm long.

Elevation ²

1 500 - 2 200 m

Similar species ²

Syn. Benthamia cinnabarina ; Cynorkis laeta ; Cynorkis laeta var. angavoensis ; Cynorkis laeta var. laeta ; Habenaria cinnabarina.

Référence ²

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

Sources and Credits

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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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