Cyrtopodium holstii L.C.Menezes 1993 Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista © and Maria Rita Cabral Orchidstudium

Common Name Holst's Cyrtopodium [American Orchid Enthusiast current]

Flower Size 1 1/8" to 1 1/2" [2.8- 3.2 cm]

Found in southern Bahia and Espiritu Santo states of Brazil in sandy soil in deep shadeas a small to just large sized, hot growing terrestrial needing bright sun and good drainage with fusuform, reddish, occasionally slightly arcuate pseudobulbs carrying coriaceosu, acute, plicate leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, basal, branches, many flowered, to 67" [170 cm] long inflorescence arising with a new growth and carrying fragrant flowers.

Synonyms Cyrtopodium inaldianum L.C.Menezes 1996

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Schlechteriana Vol 4 No 4 1993; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 11 1995 photo;