Cyrtidiorchis gerardi P. Ortiz 2008
Photos by © Ortiz, Used under permission of Epidendra Website CR
Common Name Gerard's Cyrtidiorchis [Colombian Collector of species current]
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in Colombia at elevations of 1800 to 2700 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with a brown, ascending rhizome giving rise to, 1 to 1.2" [2.5 to 3 cm], between each globose pseudodbulb enveloped by verrucose, leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying 1 to 2, apical, oblong-elliptic, obtuse leaves that blooms in the summer on a basal or from the rhizome, short, single flowered inflorescence
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR; *Orquideología 25(2): 119. 2008 drawing/photo fide; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide
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