Cyrtochilum patens (Senghas & Thiv) Dalström 2001

Photo by © Hans Gerhard Seeger

Inflorescence

Inflorescence

Plant and Flowers

Photos by © Koniger and The Epidendra Orchid Website

Common Name The Wide Open Cyrtochilum

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Peru as a small sized, cold? growing epiphyte that blooms in the fall on an axillary, erect, few to several flowered inflorscence

Synonyms *Buesiella patens Senghas & Thiv 1994

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 32 1977 - 2056 Brieger 1996 as Buesiella patens drawing/photo fide; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium/Odontoglossum alliance Bakers 2006;

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------