Cyrtidiorchis stumpflei (Garay) Rauschert 1982

Side View of Flower and plant Photo by © Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Another Flower Photo by of Carlos Hajek and his Peruvian Orchid Page

Common Name Stumpfle's Cyrtidiorchis [German Orchid Collector in Peru later 1900's]

Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]

A cool growing terrestrial orchid that is found only in Peru at elevations of 1500 to 1800 meters with a dimorphic growth pattern, one growth consists of sterile, caespitose, ovoid, bifoliate pseudobulbs subtended by foliaceous bracts and the other growth has erect, branched, leafy flowering stems with occasional [sometimes not at all] pseudobulbs that are distantly placed. The inflorescence is short to 2" [to 5 cm] and carries a single flower that occurs in the summer.

Synonyms *Cyrtidium stumpflei Garay 1969

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen lieferung 29 Schlechter/Brieger 1994 photo not = C alata; Die Orchideen lieferung 29 Schlechter/Brieger 1994 as C alata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 5 2003 drawing/photo; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo fide

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