Cyrtopodium punctatum (L.) Lindl.

Terrestrial or epiphytic orchid with cigar-shaped pseudobulbs, up to 20 leaves and large panicles of greenish yellow flowers with purple spots.  [RHSD, Hortus, Pridgeon].

Horticultural & Botanical History

‘This superb plant, of which only a small portion is represented on our plate, flowered in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, in the spring of 1835.  It was sent many years ago from Brazil by Wm. Swainson, Esq. and has never till the period above mentioned shown any disposition to blossom.  Dr. Lindley obliged us by naming it, or we should probably have had difficulty in determining it; the figure referred to in Plumier being in some respects, particularly in the bulb and foliage, considerably at variance with our specimen.  It was originally discovered by Plumier, in Hispaniola, and Professor Lindley has specimens from the same country, collected by Charles Mackenzie, Esq.’  [BM t.3507/1836].

History at Camden Park

Obtained from Loddiges’ nursery, brought out from England by Captain P. P. King in late 1849.  [ML A1980-3].  This orchid does not appear anywhere else in the record but there is little doubt it was received alive.

Notes

Published Jan 27, 2010 - 10:49 AM | Last updated Jan 27, 2010 - 10:55 AM


Figured are cigar-shaped pseudobulb and greenish yellow flowers with purple spots.  Curtis's Botanical Magazine t.3507, 1836.

Cyrtopodium punctatum (L.) Lindl. | BM t.3507/1836 | BHL

More details about Cyrtopodium punctatum (L.) Lindl.
Family Orchidaceae
Category
Region of origin

Caribbean and South America

Synonyms
  • Epidendrum punctatum L.
Common Name
Name in the Camden Park Record

Cyrtopodium punctatum  

Confidence level high