!Cirrhaea dependens Loudon 1850 Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista © and Orchidstudium

Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

Closer Side View Photo courtesy of Stefan Paeffgen

Closer View Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

Flower Color Variation Photo courtesy of Jean Claude George

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Common Name The Pendant Cirrhaea

Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]

A fragrant Brazilian, medium sized, hot to warm growing species that has clustered, narrow grooved, egg shaped psuedobulbs with a single apical, plicate, petiolate, lanceolate leaf and a basal, 1 1 2/' [45 cm] long, racemose inflorescence that is pendulous with numerous [to 20] dense, waxy, long-lasting, color variable flowers that open simultaneously although not fully and bloom in the spring and summer. They do best in a basket to accomodate the pendant inflorescence. A short rest is nessasary after blooming.

Synonyms Cirrhaea dependens var concolor Porsch 1908; Cirrhaea dependens var fryana Stein 1892; Cirrhaea dependens var livida Stein 1892; Cirrhaea dependens var ornata Hoehne 1942; Cirrhaea dependens var russeliana Stein 1892; Cirrhaea dependens var tigrina Porsch 1908; Cirrhaea dependens var violaceovirens Stein 1892; Cirrhaea dependens var violascens Stein 1892; Cirrhaea fuscolutea Hook. 1839; Cirrhaea hoffmannseggii Heynh. 1863; Cirrhaea livida Lodd. ?; Cirrhaea russeliana Lodd. ?; Cirrhaea tristis Lindley 1836; Cirrhaea violaceovirens Hoffmanns. 1842; Cirrhaea violascens Hoffmanns. 1842; Cirrhaea viridipurpurea [Hkr.]Lindley 1833; Cirrhaea warreana Lodd. 1863; *Cymbidium dependens Lodd. 1825; Gongora viridifusca Hooker ; Gongora viridipurpurea Hkr. 1830; Sarcoglossum suaveolens Beer 1854; Scleropteris flava Scheidw. 1839

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 drawing good; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchidaceae Brasiliense Pabst & Dungs 1976; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb & Laurent 1992; An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1992; Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993; Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994; Manual Of Orchids Stewart 1995; AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 5 1996 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 1 1997 photo; Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005;

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