Cryptopus paniculatus H. Perrier 1938 Photo courtesy of Brian O'Brien
Photo courtesy of Olaf Pronk and Laurette E.U.R.L. orchids of Madagascar
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Common Name The Branched Inflorescence Cryptopus
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Madagascar in humid forests at elevations of sealevel to 1300 meters as a medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphytic orchid with an elongate stem carrying heavily veined sheaths and elliptical, obtuse at both ends leaves that blooms in the late summer on a 1 to 4 branched, 8 to 16" [20 to 40 cm] long inflorescence arising from the sheaths and carrying 3 to 10 apical flowers on each branch.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 drawing fide; Rudolph Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 16/17/18 945-1128 Brieger 1985; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 8 1997 photo fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007 photo fide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 81 #6 2012 photo fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide;
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