Cyrtochilum tenense (Rchb.f. & Warsz.) Kraenzl. 1917 SECTION Eucyrtochilum Kranzlin

Plant and Inflorescence Photos by © K. Senghas and the Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbarium

Common Name The Tena Cyrtochilum [A town In Cundinamarca Colombia]

Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]

Found in Colombia as a cool to cold growing orchid and blooms on a very long, twining, paniculate, each branch 1.2 to 1.6" [3 to 4 cm] long, 2 to 3 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms *Oncidium tenense Rchb.f. & Warsz. 1854

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Das Pflanzenreich Tribus Oncidinae-Odontoglosseae Pars II Kranzlin 1917 drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance Bakers 2006;

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