!Cirrhaea dependens Loudon 1850
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Common Name The Pendant Cirrhaea
Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]
Found in Brazil as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte that has clustered, narrowly grooved, egg shaped psuedobulbs carrying a single apical, plicate, petiolate, lanceolate leaf that blooms in the spring and summer a basal, 18" [45 cm] long, pendulous, racemose, dense, many [to 20] flowered inflorescence carrying waxy, long-lasting, color variable, fragrant flowers that open simultaneously although not fully.
They do best in a basket to accomodate the pendant inflorescence. A short rest is necessary after blooming.
Synonyms Cirrhaea dependens var concolor Porsch 1908; Cirrhaea dependens var fryana Stein 1892; Cirrhaea dependens var livida Stein 1892; Cirrhaea dependens var ornata Hoehne 1942; Cirrhaea dependens var russeliana Stein 1892; Cirrhaea dependens var tigrina Porsch 1908; Cirrhaea dependens var violaceovirens Stein 1892; Cirrhaea dependens var violascens Stein 1892; Cirrhaea fuscolutea Hook. 1839; Cirrhaea hoffmannseggii Heynh. 1863; Cirrhaea livida Lodd. ?; Cirrhaea obtusata Lindl. 1837; Cirrhaea pallida Lindl. 1837; Cirrhaea purpurascens Hoffmanns. 1844; Cirrhaea russeliana Lodd. ?; Cirrhaea tristis Lindley 1836; Cirrhaea violaceovirens Hoffmanns. 1842; Cirrhaea violascens Hoffmanns. 1842; Cirrhaea viridipurpurea [Hkr.]Lindley 1833; Cirrhaea viridipurpurea Lodd. 1833; Cirrhaea viridipurpurea var. frayana Knowles & Westc. 1839; Cirrhaea warreana Lodd. 1863; *Cymbidium dependens Lodd. 1825; Gongora viridifusca Hooker ; Gongora viridipurpurea Hkr. 1830; Sarcoglossum suaveolens Beer 1854; Scleropteris flava Scheidw. 1839
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as C obtusata; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 drawing good; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 as C obtusata; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing fide; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as C dependens var tigrina drawing fide; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as C dependens var concolor drawing fide; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as C dependens var ornatadrawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchidaceae Brasiliense Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing fide; Orquideologia Vol 12 No 3/4 1977/8 drawing as Cirrhaea viridipurpurea; The Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb, Launert 1992 photo fide; An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1992; Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993; Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994; Manual Of Orchids Stewart 1995; AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 5 1996 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 1 1997 drawing; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 37/38 pg 2309 - 2436 Brieger 1999 photo good; Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 5 Epidendroideae part 2 Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2009 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 82 #3 2013 photo fide; Orchidees du Bresil As Orquideas da Serra do Castelo Espirito Santo Brazil Vol 4 Chiron & Bolsanello 2014 drawing/photo fide; Orchidees du Bresil As Orquideas da Serra do Castelo Espirito Santo Brazil Vol 4 Chiron & Bolsanello 2014 as C nasuta drawing/photo good; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #3 2016 as C tristis drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #9 2017 photo fide; The Orchid Review Vol 127 No 1328 December 2019 photo fide;
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