Cyrtorchis erythraeae (Rolfe) Schltr. 1918 SECTION Cyrtorchis

Holotype Collection Sheet by © P Simo and Kew's Plants of the World Website

Part shade Cool Spring

Common Name The Cyrtorchis [Belgian collector of the type later 1800's early 1900's]

Flower Size

Found in Eritrea and Ethiopia at elevations odf 1000 to 1500 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphtye that blooms in the later spring

"Closely resembles C. seretii

Synonyms *Listrostachys erythraeae Rolfe 1897

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 155 Rolfe 1897 as Listrostachys erythraeae

*Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 130 Schlechter 1918

Kew Bull. 14: 152 Summerhayes 1960

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