Cryptopus paniculatus H. Perrier 1938 Photo courtesy of Brian O'Brien

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Olaf Pronk and Laurette E.U.R.L. orchids of Madagascar

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Common Name The Branched Inflorescence Cryptopus

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Madagascar in humid forests at elevations of sealevel to 1300 meters as a medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphytic orchid with an elongate stem carrying heavily veined sheaths and elliptical, obtuse at both ends leaves that blooms in the late summer on a 1 to 4 branched, 8 to 16" [20 to 40 cm] long inflorescence arising from the sheaths and carrying 3 to 10 apical flowers on each branch.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/83; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 8 1997 photo;