Cyrtopodium glutiniferum Raddi. 1823 Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista © and Maria Rita Cabral Orchidstudium
Plant and Inflorescence in situ SurinamPhoto by © Charles Frensdorf
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Common Name The Glue Carrying Cyrtopodium
Flower Size 1.4" [3.5 cm]
Found in Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and Brazil on granite rocks and rarely in savannahs at elevations of 10 to 350 meters as a large to giant sized, hot growing litho-terrestrial with fusiform pseudobulbs carrying plicate leaves that blooms in the late winter and early spring on a paniculate inflorescence with many flowers .
A paste similar to Mucilage is made for bookbinding by extracting the juices from the pseudobulbs.
Synonyms Cyrtopodium andersonii fo. holmesii Hoehne 1938; Cyrtopodium andersonii var. cardiochilum (Lindl.) Cogn. 1901; Cyrtopodium cardiochilum Lindl.1849; Cyrtopodium engelii Karst 1859; Cyrtopodium josephense Barb.Rodr. 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 as C andersonii; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 as C cardiochilum drawing fide; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 1 Dunsterville and Garay 1959 as C engelii not = C andersonii; Flora de Venezuela Volumen 15 Parte 4 as C engelii; Orchids of Venezuela Illustrated Vol 6 Dunsterville & Garay 1976 not = C andersonii; Orchids of Venezuela ; An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing not = C andersonii; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 3 1980 photo; The Orchids of Surinam Werkhoven 1986 photo ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 60 No 5 1991 photo; Schlechteriana Vol 4 No 3 1993; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 3 1995 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 6 1996 photo as C cardiochilum;
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