Cyrtochilum distans (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl. 1917 SECTION Myanthium Lindley
Photos by © K. Senghas and the Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbarium
Photos by © Deburgraeve, Moreno and Guttierez Morales
Common Name The Well Spaced Cyrtochilum [refers to the placing of the pseudobulbs on the rhizome]
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Venezuela and Colombia at elevations of 2150 to 3500 meters as a small sized, cold growing epiphyte with ovate pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several sheaths and carrying a single, linear-lanceolate, acute, conduplicate below into the base leaves that blooms in the summer on an axillary, to 28" [70 cm] long, paniculate, each branch 4" [10 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms *Odontoglossum distans Rchb.f. 1850; Oncidium distans (Rchb.f.) Beer 1854; Symphyglossum distans (Rchb.f.) Garay & Dunst. 1976; Trigonochilum distans (Rchb.f.) Senghas 1997
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzenreich Tribus Oncidinae-Odontoglosseae Pars II Kranzlin 1922; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 4 Dunsterville & Garay 1966 as Odontoglossum distans drawing fide; Flora de Venezuela Volumen 15 Parte 5 Foldats 1970 as Odontoglossum distans drawing fide; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 6 Dunsterville & Garay 1976 as Symphoglossum distans; Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 3 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 as Symphoglossum distans drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997as Trigonochilum distans photo fide; Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 3 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing fide; Orquideas Nativas del Tachira Cesar Fernandez 2003 as Symphoglossum distans photo fide; Orchid Species Culture Odontoglossum/Oncidium Allinace Bakers 2006; Orquideologia Vol 25 #2 2008; Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010 excluded; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide; Lankesteriana Vol 18 [1]: 2018 photo fide
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