Cyrtochilum villenaorum Christenson 2002
Photo by © Eric Hunt , Plant grown by Marni Turkel
Photo by Patricia Harding
Common Name Villena's Cyrtochilum [Villena family, who own and operate orchid nursery Agroriente in Moyobamba, Peru current]
Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]
Found in Peru, south of Moyobambe, as a medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with an ascending rhizome, carrying ovoid, slightly compressed pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several, imbricating leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying 2 linear, acute, conduplicate below into the petiole-like base leaves that blooms on a basal, through the axil of the basal sheaths, 6.6' [2 meters] long, paniculate inflorescence with short, 3 to 5 flowered, slightly fractiflex branches and broadly ovate, acute-acuminate, carinate, floral bracts.
Similar to C leopoldianum but differs in the lip shape and the callus.
Similar to C volubile but differs in the different colors, shorter sepal claws and a differently shaped callus.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchids Vol 71 #7 7 pg 616 2002 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 68 No 5 2003 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 1 2008 photo fide; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 #4 2009 photo fide; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 5 Epidendroideaea Part 2 Pridgeon, Chase, Cribb & Rasmusen 2009 photo not = C leopoldianum; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #7 2011 photo fide;
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