Cycnoches densiflorum Rolfe 1909 SECTION Heteranth
Male flowers to the left and female flowers to the right
Photos by © Katherine B Gregg
Photo by © Francisco "Pacho" Villegas
Original Drawing by © Padre Pedro Ortiz Conserved at the Herbario de la Universidad Javeriana, Bogota Colombia
Common Name The Densely Flowered Cycnoches
Flower Size 1.8" [4.5 cm]
Found in Colombia on the Central cordillera at elevations of 800 to 900 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with more or less cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying 4, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, plicate, many nerved leaves that blooms in the fall on a pendent, to 13.2" [33 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence
The lead photo has male flowers at the top and hermaphroditic flowers below.
The drawing is of the male flower, female flowers are similar to C chlorochilon male flowers but with a much shorter column
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 drawing fide; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 9 1958 drawing ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 52 #9 1983 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 26 1584 - 1648 Brieger 1992; Orquideologia Vol 22 #2 2002 photo/drawing fide; Libro Rojo de Plantas De Colombia Vol 6 Primera Parte Saenz 2007; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide
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