Cyrtopodium polyphyllum (Vell.) Pabst ex F. Barrios 1994Photo courtesy of Dalton Holland Baptista

Opening up Brush around Plant in situ - Boia Ceia' Brazil

Plant ensituPhotos courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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Common Name The Many Leafed Cyrtopodium

Flower Size 1 to 1 3/4" [2.5 to 4 cm]

Found in Colombia and Paraiba to Santa Catarina states of Brazil as a large sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial in sandy soils or on rocks at elevations of sealevel to 1100 meters with elongate, spindle-shaped, to 2' [60 cm] tall pseudobulbs carrying several , deciduous, long, narrow leaves and blooms on a basal, branched, 2' to 4'8" [60cm to 1.5 meters ] long, many flowered inflorescence with fragrant, long-lasting flower occuring in the spring to early summer..

The ensitu shots were taken in Boia Ceia', Sao Paulo State, Brazil at 1 meter in elevation, 20 yards away from the ocean in the shortest of the brush as the sand gives way to the first hardwood hammock. It had sand more than soil, with heavy leaf litter from sea grapes and was moderately shaded by a leafy bush. Several were found in the area all in exactly the same conditions. Wet springs to dry falls, yet still, there is high humidity year round with mists and light fogs common in the early morning hours. Being as the ocean is so close and the surf can be high, and the elevation is low [1 meter], these orchids must have some salt tolerance.

Synonyms Cyrtopodium paranaenese Schltr. 1920; Cyrtopodium paranaense var. pickelii Hoehne 1999; Cyrtopodium polyphyllum var. pickelii (Hoehne) L.C.Menezes 1999; *Epidendrum polyphyllum Vell. 1829;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orquideas Da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005 Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 as C paranaense drawing ok; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965;AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 3 1995 photo as C paranaense;

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