Cyrtorchis monteiroae (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1914 SECTION Homocolleticon Summerh.
Photos by © Vincent Droissart and The Orchidaceae of Central Africa Website
Common Name Monteiro's Cyrtorchis
Flower Size 2 to 2.8" [5 to 7 cm]
Found in Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire, Angola and Uganda in lakeside and riverine forests at elevations of 50 to 1300 meters as a small to just large sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with a pendent, elongate stem carrying oblong-lingulate, tapering at both ends, roundly unequally bilobed apically, often rather crinkled leaves that blooms in the fall on a slender, pendent, 7.2 to 14.5" [18 to 37 cm] long, 5 to 32 flowered inflorescence with broadly ovate, obtuse floral bracts and carrying very fragrant flowers.
"This species is characterised by the broad oblanceolate often rather crinkled leaves and the rather long inflorescences in which the flowers are spaced out more than usual in the genus. It is widely spread in the forested regions of the Congo Basin and adjacent areas. There is no doubt from examination of the type specimens or gatherings of the other concepts cited that they are conspecific with C. monteiroae. I am accepting the spelling of the epithet (monteiroae) as proposed by Schlechter in his revision of the genus (see reference above) as it seems to be the only correct way of forming a genitive from the name Monteiro; monteirae must therefore be considered as an unintentional orthographic error." Summerhayes 1960
Synonyms Angraecum antennatum Kraenzl. 1893; Cyrtorchis droogmansiana (De Wild.) Schltr. 1918; Homocolleticon monteiroae (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Olszewski 2001; Listrostachys droogmansiana De Wild. 1902; *Listrostachys monteiroae Rchb.f. 1876
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Kew Bull. 14: 153 Summerhayes 1960
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Orchids of East Africa Piers 1968;
Rudolph Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 16/17/18 945-1128 Brieger 1985;
Orchids of Central African Republic - A Provisional Checklist Cribb 1987;
Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 3 Cribb 1989;
Orchids of Kenya Stewart & Campbell 1996;
African Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997;
Les Orchidees de Cote d'Ivorie Perez-Vera 2003 photo/drawing fide;
Field Guide to the Ethiopian Orchids Demissew, Cribb & Rassmussen 2004;
Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006;
Phytotaxa 267 (3) 173 Droissat & Azandi 2016 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 87 #1 2018 photo fide;
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