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Orchid Species: Cyrtochilum halteratum
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Cyrtochilum halteratum is an orchid species identified by (Lindl.) Kraenzl. in 1917.
ORIGIN: Found in Colombia, Venezuela and Peru in cloud forests at elevations of 2300 to 4000 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Large sized, cold growing epiphyte with conical, compressed pseudobulbs subtended by several leaf bearing sheaths with oblong-ligulate, broadly linear or oblanceolate, acute leaves that blooms on a flexuous, 4 to 8' [120 to 240 cm] long, twining, paniculate, branched at irregular intervals, the few flowered branches short to 6 [15 cm], 20 to 30 flowered inflorescence with large boat-shaped bracts occurring in the winter and spring.
FLOWER SIZE: 2.6 to 3.6 inches [6.5 to 9 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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