Cyrtorchis praetermissa Summerh. 1948 SECTION Homocolleticon Summerh.
Photos by Eric Hunt
Common Name The The Overlooked Cyrtorchis
Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]
Found in Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Natal and Transval States of South Africa in woodlands and occasional riverine forests at elevations of 450 to 2200 meters as a small sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte with a short, erect, then pendant with age stem carrying disitchous, usually 4 to 6 opposing pairs, linear, recurved, conduplicate, thick but not fleshy leaves and blooms in the fall on 2 to 4, to 4" [10 cm] long, arching, fairly densly to 12 flowered, 2 ranked inflorescence that arises from the stem below the leaves and carries waxy, white in youth, to apricot with age, nocturnally, sweetly scented [Lily Of the Valley] flowers.
Synonyms Cyrtorchis praetermissa subsp. zuluensis (E.R.Harrison) H.P.Linder 1989; Cyrtorchis praetermissa var. zuluensis E.R.Harrison 1972; Homocolleticon praetermissa (Summerh.) Szlach. & Olszewski 2001; Homocolleticon praetermissa var. zuluensis (E.R.Harrison) Szlach. & Olszewski 2001
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of East Africa Piers 1968; The Epiphytic Orchids of Malawi Morris 1970; The Orchids of South Central Africa Williamson 1977 drawing/photo fide; The Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Schelpe, Linder and Hall 1982; The Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Schelpe, Linder and Hall 1982 as C praeterissima var zuluensis photo fide;Orchids of Malawi Vol 1 La Croix 1983 drawing fide; Rudolph Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 16/17/18 945-1128 Brieger 1985 drawing/photo fide; Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 3 Cribb 1989; Orchids Travel By Air A Pictoral Safari Mulder, Mulder-Roelfsema and Schuiteman 1990 photo fide; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999 as C praetermissa var zuluensis; Orchids of Kenya Stewart 1996 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 61 #1 1997 photo fide; African Orchids in the Wild and in Cultivation La Croix 1997 photo good; African Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997 as C praeterissima subsp zuluensis; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 2 Pope 1998 photo good; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999 drawing/photo fide; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006 photo fide; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006 as C praetermissa var zuluensis; Field Guide to the Orchids of Northern South Africa and Swaziland McMurty, Grobler, Grobler & Burns 2008;
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