Cyrtochilum methonica (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl. 1917 SECTION Eucyrtochilum Kraenzl. Photo by Stig Dalström

Part shade

Common Name The ? Cyrtochilum

Flower Size 1.6" [4.6 cm] tall

Found in Bolivia without locality or plant as a medium sized orchid that blooms on an axillary, to 10" [25 cm] long, overall, branched panicle with about 7 deflexed, 3.2 to 6" [8 to 15 cm] long branches, 1.2 to 16" [ 3 to 4 cm] between each branch, each branch 4 to 5 flowered, many flowered inflorescence. . color=purple>Synonyms Cyrtochilum crispatissimum Kraenzl. 1922; *Oncidium methonica Rchb.f. 1876; Oncidium odontopterygium Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl. 1922

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzenreich Odontoglossum/Oncidium Kranzlin 1922 drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture; Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance Bakers 2006;

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