Cyphochilus latifolius Schltr. 1912

Drawing by Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

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Common Name The Broad Leaved Cyphochilus

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea on steep loamy slopes and embankments at elevations around 1000 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with a very short rhizome giving rise to erect to erect-patent, branching, terete, rigid, densely leafy stems carrying erect-patent, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, acute, unequally bidentate with a minute mucro in between leaves that blooms in the late fall and early winter on an erect-patent, terminal to lateral, shorter than the leaves, few flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, obtuse, equal to shorter than the ovary floral bracts.

Schlechter states that the flowers are yellowish with a white lip. Separated from the similar C rivularis and C montanus by the broad large leaves. Separated from the similar C collinus by the different lip.

Synonyms Appendicula latifolia (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. 1912

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912 drawing fide;

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