Cyrtochilum trifurcatum (Lindl.) Kraenzl. 1917 SECTION Eucyrtochilum Kranzlin Photo by © Guido Deburghgraeve Another Flower Photo by © Eric Hunt, plant grown by Marni Turkel Common Name The Three Forked Cyrtochilum Flower Size 2.2" [5.5 cm] Found in Colombia and Ecuador in upper montane cloud forests at elevations of 1800 to 2600 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with elongate-ellipsoid pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several leaf bearing sheaths and carrying 2 apical, linear, acute, conduplicate below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms at most any time of the year on an axillary, 6' 8" [190 cm] long, loosely paniculate, many branched, each short to 14" [35 cm] long, each 1 to 5 flowered, loosely many flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb. Synonyms *Oncidium trifurcatum Lindl.1845 References W3 Tropicos , Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzenreich Odontoglossum/Oncidium Kranzlin 1922 drawing fide; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 974 Dodson 1984 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 1 1998 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 2 2001; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2002 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 as Oncidium trifurcatum drawing/photo fide; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2005; ; Orquideologia Vol 25 #2 2008; Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010 drawing fide; LANKESTERIANA 12(3): 137—142. Giraldo & Dalström 2012 2012 Drawing fide; Orquideas de Zamora Chinchipe Tomo 1 Epidendroideae I Jimenenz 2014 photo fide; Orchids of the Department of Valle de Cauca Colombia Vol 4 Kolanowska and Szlachetko 2016 drawing good; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Photo by © Guido Deburghgraeve Another Flower Photo by © Eric Hunt, plant grown by Marni Turkel Common Name The Three Forked Cyrtochilum Flower Size 2.2" [5.5 cm] Found in Colombia and Ecuador in upper montane cloud forests at elevations of 1800 to 2600 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with elongate-ellipsoid pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several leaf bearing sheaths and carrying 2 apical, linear, acute, conduplicate below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms at most any time of the year on an axillary, 6' 8" [190 cm] long, loosely paniculate, many branched, each short to 14" [35 cm] long, each 1 to 5 flowered, loosely many flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb. Synonyms *Oncidium trifurcatum Lindl.1845 References W3 Tropicos , Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzenreich Odontoglossum/Oncidium Kranzlin 1922 drawing fide; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 974 Dodson 1984 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 1 1998 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 2 2001; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2002 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 as Oncidium trifurcatum drawing/photo fide; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2005; ; Orquideologia Vol 25 #2 2008; Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010 drawing fide; LANKESTERIANA 12(3): 137—142. Giraldo & Dalström 2012 2012 Drawing fide; Orquideas de Zamora Chinchipe Tomo 1 Epidendroideae I Jimenenz 2014 photo fide; Orchids of the Department of Valle de Cauca Colombia Vol 4 Kolanowska and Szlachetko 2016 drawing good; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another Flower Photo by © Eric Hunt, plant grown by Marni Turkel Common Name The Three Forked Cyrtochilum Flower Size 2.2" [5.5 cm] Found in Colombia and Ecuador in upper montane cloud forests at elevations of 1800 to 2600 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with elongate-ellipsoid pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several leaf bearing sheaths and carrying 2 apical, linear, acute, conduplicate below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms at most any time of the year on an axillary, 6' 8" [190 cm] long, loosely paniculate, many branched, each short to 14" [35 cm] long, each 1 to 5 flowered, loosely many flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb. Synonyms *Oncidium trifurcatum Lindl.1845 References W3 Tropicos , Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzenreich Odontoglossum/Oncidium Kranzlin 1922 drawing fide; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 974 Dodson 1984 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 1 1998 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 2 2001; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2002 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 as Oncidium trifurcatum drawing/photo fide; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2005; ; Orquideologia Vol 25 #2 2008; Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010 drawing fide; LANKESTERIANA 12(3): 137—142. Giraldo & Dalström 2012 2012 Drawing fide; Orquideas de Zamora Chinchipe Tomo 1 Epidendroideae I Jimenenz 2014 photo fide; Orchids of the Department of Valle de Cauca Colombia Vol 4 Kolanowska and Szlachetko 2016 drawing good; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Photo by © Eric Hunt, plant grown by Marni Turkel Common Name The Three Forked Cyrtochilum Flower Size 2.2" [5.5 cm] Found in Colombia and Ecuador in upper montane cloud forests at elevations of 1800 to 2600 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with elongate-ellipsoid pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several leaf bearing sheaths and carrying 2 apical, linear, acute, conduplicate below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms at most any time of the year on an axillary, 6' 8" [190 cm] long, loosely paniculate, many branched, each short to 14" [35 cm] long, each 1 to 5 flowered, loosely many flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb. Synonyms *Oncidium trifurcatum Lindl.1845 References W3 Tropicos , Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzenreich Odontoglossum/Oncidium Kranzlin 1922 drawing fide; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 974 Dodson 1984 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 1 1998 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 2 2001; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2002 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 as Oncidium trifurcatum drawing/photo fide; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2005; ; Orquideologia Vol 25 #2 2008; Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010 drawing fide; LANKESTERIANA 12(3): 137—142. Giraldo & Dalström 2012 2012 Drawing fide; Orquideas de Zamora Chinchipe Tomo 1 Epidendroideae I Jimenenz 2014 photo fide; Orchids of the Department of Valle de Cauca Colombia Vol 4 Kolanowska and Szlachetko 2016 drawing good; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Name The Three Forked Cyrtochilum Flower Size 2.2" [5.5 cm] Found in Colombia and Ecuador in upper montane cloud forests at elevations of 1800 to 2600 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with elongate-ellipsoid pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several leaf bearing sheaths and carrying 2 apical, linear, acute, conduplicate below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms at most any time of the year on an axillary, 6' 8" [190 cm] long, loosely paniculate, many branched, each short to 14" [35 cm] long, each 1 to 5 flowered, loosely many flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb. Synonyms *Oncidium trifurcatum Lindl.1845 References W3 Tropicos , Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzenreich Odontoglossum/Oncidium Kranzlin 1922 drawing fide; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 974 Dodson 1984 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 1 1998 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 2 2001; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2002 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 as Oncidium trifurcatum drawing/photo fide; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2005; ; Orquideologia Vol 25 #2 2008; Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010 drawing fide; LANKESTERIANA 12(3): 137—142. Giraldo & Dalström 2012 2012 Drawing fide; Orquideas de Zamora Chinchipe Tomo 1 Epidendroideae I Jimenenz 2014 photo fide; Orchids of the Department of Valle de Cauca Colombia Vol 4 Kolanowska and Szlachetko 2016 drawing good; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Name The Three Forked Cyrtochilum Flower Size 2.2" [5.5 cm] Found in Colombia and Ecuador in upper montane cloud forests at elevations of 1800 to 2600 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with elongate-ellipsoid pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several leaf bearing sheaths and carrying 2 apical, linear, acute, conduplicate below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms at most any time of the year on an axillary, 6' 8" [190 cm] long, loosely paniculate, many branched, each short to 14" [35 cm] long, each 1 to 5 flowered, loosely many flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb. Synonyms *Oncidium trifurcatum Lindl.1845 References W3 Tropicos , Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzenreich Odontoglossum/Oncidium Kranzlin 1922 drawing fide; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 974 Dodson 1984 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 1 1998 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 2 2001; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2002 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 as Oncidium trifurcatum drawing/photo fide; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2005; ; Orquideologia Vol 25 #2 2008; Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010 drawing fide; LANKESTERIANA 12(3): 137—142. Giraldo & Dalström 2012 2012 Drawing fide; Orquideas de Zamora Chinchipe Tomo 1 Epidendroideae I Jimenenz 2014 photo fide; Orchids of the Department of Valle de Cauca Colombia Vol 4 Kolanowska and Szlachetko 2016 drawing good; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Flower Size 2.2" [5.5 cm] Found in Colombia and Ecuador in upper montane cloud forests at elevations of 1800 to 2600 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with elongate-ellipsoid pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several leaf bearing sheaths and carrying 2 apical, linear, acute, conduplicate below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms at most any time of the year on an axillary, 6' 8" [190 cm] long, loosely paniculate, many branched, each short to 14" [35 cm] long, each 1 to 5 flowered, loosely many flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb. Synonyms *Oncidium trifurcatum Lindl.1845 References W3 Tropicos , Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzenreich Odontoglossum/Oncidium Kranzlin 1922 drawing fide; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 974 Dodson 1984 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 1 1998 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 2 2001; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2002 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 as Oncidium trifurcatum drawing/photo fide; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2005; ; Orquideologia Vol 25 #2 2008; Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010 drawing fide; LANKESTERIANA 12(3): 137—142. Giraldo & Dalström 2012 2012 Drawing fide; Orquideas de Zamora Chinchipe Tomo 1 Epidendroideae I Jimenenz 2014 photo fide; Orchids of the Department of Valle de Cauca Colombia Vol 4 Kolanowska and Szlachetko 2016 drawing good; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Found in Colombia and Ecuador in upper montane cloud forests at elevations of 1800 to 2600 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with elongate-ellipsoid pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several leaf bearing sheaths and carrying 2 apical, linear, acute, conduplicate below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms at most any time of the year on an axillary, 6' 8" [190 cm] long, loosely paniculate, many branched, each short to 14" [35 cm] long, each 1 to 5 flowered, loosely many flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb. Synonyms *Oncidium trifurcatum Lindl.1845 References W3 Tropicos , Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzenreich Odontoglossum/Oncidium Kranzlin 1922 drawing fide; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 974 Dodson 1984 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 1 1998 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 2 2001; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2002 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 as Oncidium trifurcatum drawing/photo fide; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2005; ; Orquideologia Vol 25 #2 2008; Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010 drawing fide; LANKESTERIANA 12(3): 137—142. Giraldo & Dalström 2012 2012 Drawing fide; Orquideas de Zamora Chinchipe Tomo 1 Epidendroideae I Jimenenz 2014 photo fide; Orchids of the Department of Valle de Cauca Colombia Vol 4 Kolanowska and Szlachetko 2016 drawing good; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synonyms *Oncidium trifurcatum Lindl.1845 References W3 Tropicos , Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzenreich Odontoglossum/Oncidium Kranzlin 1922 drawing fide; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 974 Dodson 1984 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 1 1998 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 2 2001; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2002 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 as Oncidium trifurcatum drawing/photo fide; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2005; ; Orquideologia Vol 25 #2 2008; Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010 drawing fide; LANKESTERIANA 12(3): 137—142. Giraldo & Dalström 2012 2012 Drawing fide; Orquideas de Zamora Chinchipe Tomo 1 Epidendroideae I Jimenenz 2014 photo fide; Orchids of the Department of Valle de Cauca Colombia Vol 4 Kolanowska and Szlachetko 2016 drawing good; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References W3 Tropicos , Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzenreich Odontoglossum/Oncidium Kranzlin 1922 drawing fide; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 974 Dodson 1984 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 1 1998 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 2 2001; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2002 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 as Oncidium trifurcatum drawing/photo fide; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2005; ; Orquideologia Vol 25 #2 2008; Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010 drawing fide; LANKESTERIANA 12(3): 137—142. Giraldo & Dalström 2012 2012 Drawing fide; Orquideas de Zamora Chinchipe Tomo 1 Epidendroideae I Jimenenz 2014 photo fide; Orchids of the Department of Valle de Cauca Colombia Vol 4 Kolanowska and Szlachetko 2016 drawing good; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------