!Cyrtorchis crassifolia Schltr. 1911-2 SECTION Homocolleticon Summerh.
Photo by Eric la CroixAnother Flower?
Photos by Rudi Hromniak and his © and his Orchid Webpage
Common Name The Thick Leafed Cyrtorchis
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm] with spur
Found in Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, southern Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and most likely Madasgascar in high rainfall woodlands in deep mosses and lichens on lower branches of large trees on ridges with plenty of air and night mists at elevations of 1200 to 2000 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte which responds best to mounting if given high humidity and ample air circulation and has a short stem carrying, 2 to 6, very fleshy, narrowly "v "-shaped in cross-section, grey green, spotted black, recurved leaves and blooms in the summer on several at a time, axillary, 2" [5 cm] long, 3 to 8 densely flowered inflorescence with nocturnally scented [hyacinth] flowers
Synonyms Homocolleticon crassifolia (Schltr.) Szlach. & Olszewski 2001
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Epiphytic Orchids of Malawi Morris 1970; The Orchids of South Central Africa Williamson 1977 drawing/photo fide tothe first photo; Malawi Orchids Vol 1 La Croix 1983 drawing fide; Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 3 Cribb 1989; AOS Bulletin No 63 No 10 1994 photo fide to the first photo; African Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997 drawing fide to the first photo; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 2 Pope 1998 drawing fide to the first photo; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006
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