Cyrtorchis guillaumetii (Pérez-Vera) R.Rice 2005 SECTION Homocolleticon Summerh. Photo by © Royal Botanical Garden Kew

Common Name or Meaning Guillaumet's Cyrtorchis

Flower Size

Found in Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast as an epiphyte in high rainforests on upper branches as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the fall

Similar to C brownii but C guillaumetii has a subimbricated bract that is shorter than the pedicel and ovary, an anther cap that noticeably extends forward and covers the base of the rostellum.

Synonyms Cyrtorchis brownii var. guillaumetii Pérez-Vera 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Phytotaxa 267 (3) 173 Droissat & Azandi 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 87 #1 2018 photo fide;

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