Cynorkis buchananii Rolfe

Terrestrial herb, up to c. 45 cm tall. Basal leaves 1-2, up to 16 cm long, lanceolate-elliptic, narrowing to a petiole-like base; leaves along the stem sheath-like, up to 2.3 cm long. Inflorescence 2.5-11 cm long, laxly to densely many-flowered, sparsely glandular hairy. Flowers pale pink or lilac, white inside the hood and at the base of the lip. Petals forming a hood with the dorsal sepal. Lip 6-7.5 mm long, up to 3.5 mm at the apex, wedge-shaped, almost entire except for 3 obscure shallow teeth at the apex. Spur 3-5 mm long, somewhat incurved.

Southern Malawi and Mt Namuli, Mozambique; also Tanzania and the DRC (see note below).