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
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 ; 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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