Cyrtopodium

Cyrtopodium, often abbreviated Cyrt in horticulture, is a genus of more than 40 species of epiphytic and terrestrial orchids found from Florida and Mexico through Argentina. Cyrtopodium is the only genus in the monotypic subtribe Cyrtopodiinae.

The type species is C. andersonii, originally described in 1812 by A.B. Lambert as Cymbidium andersonii, and in 1813 used by Robert Brown to erect his new genus Cyrtopodium.

List of species

1. Cyrtopodium aliciae <small>L.Linden & Rolfe</small>
2. Cyrtopodium andersonii <small>(Lamb. ex Andrews) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton</small>
3. Cyrtopodium blanchetii <small>Rchb.f.</small>
4. Cyrtopodium braemii <small>L.C.Menezes</small>
5. Cyrtopodium brandonianum <small>Barb.Rodr.</small>
6. Cyrtopodium brunneum <small>J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.</small>
7. Cyrtopodium cachimboense <small>L.C.Menezes</small>
8. Cyrtopodium caiapoense <small>L.C.Menezes</small>
9. Cyrtopodium cipoense <small>L.C.Menezes</small>
10. Cyrtopodium confusum <small>L.C.Menezes, 2008</small>
11. Cyrtopodium cristatum <small>Lindl.</small>
12. Cyrtopodium dusenii <small>Schltr.</small>
13. Cyrtopodium eugenii <small>Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach</small>
14. Cyrtopodium flavum <small>(Nees) Link & Otto ex Rchb.</small>
15. Cyrtopodium fowliei <small>L.C.Menezes</small>
16. Cyrtopodium gigas <small>(Vell.) Hoehne</small>
17. Cyrtopodium glutiniferum <small>Raddi</small>
18. Cyrtopodium graniticum <small>G.A.Romero & Carnevali</small>
19. Cyrtopodium hatschbachii <small>Pabst</small>
20. Cyrtopodium holstii <small>L.C.Menezes</small>
21. Cyrtopodium × intermedium <small>Brade</small> (C. gigas × C. glutiniferum)
22. Cyrtopodium josephense <small>Barb.Rodr.</small>
23. Cyrtopodium kleinii <small>J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.</small>
24. Cyrtopodium lamellaticallosum <small>J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.</small>
25. Cyrtopodium latifolium <small>Bianch. & J.A.N.Bat.</small>
26. Cyrtopodium linearifolium <small>J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.</small>
27. Cyrtopodium lissochiloides <small>Hoehne & Schltr.</small>
28. Cyrtopodium longibulbosum <small>Dodson & G.A.Romero</small>
29. Cyrtopodium macedoi <small>J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.</small>
30. Cyrtopodium macrobulbon <small>(Lex.) G.A.Romero & Carnevali</small>
31. Cyrtopodium minutum <small>L.C.Menezes</small>
32. Cyrtopodium naiguatae <small>Schltr.</small>
33. Cyrtopodium pallidum <small>Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach</small>
34. Cyrtopodium palmifrons <small>Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach</small>
35. Cyrtopodium paludicola <small>Hoehne</small>
36. Cyrtopodium paniculatum <small>(Ruiz & Pav.) Garay</small>
37. Cyrtopodium parviflorum <small>Lindl.</small>
38. Cyrtopodium pflanzii <small>Schltr.</small>
39. Cyrtopodium poecilum <small>Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach</small>
40. Cyrtopodium punctatum <small>(L.) Lindl.</small>
41. Cyrtopodium saintlegerianum <small>Rchb.f.</small>
42. Cyrtopodium schargellii <small>G.A.Romero, Aymard & Carnevali</small>
43. Cyrtopodium triste <small>Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach</small>
44. Cyrtopodium vernum <small>Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach</small>
45. Cyrtopodium virescens <small>Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach</small>
46. Cyrtopodium willmorei <small>Knowles & Westc.</small>
47. Cyrtopodium witeckii <small>L.C.Menezes, 2009</small>
48. Cyrtopodium withneri <small>L.C.Menezes</small>

• Cyrtopodium elegans, a synonym for Tetramicra canaliculata

Uses

In San Pablito, Puebla, Mexico, local Otomi artisans use an adhesive isolated from the orchid Cyrtopodium macrobulbon to patch holes in the amate paper they make. When amate is peeled off of its drying board, some portions remain adhered, resulting in holes and other defects on the sheet. Pseudobulbs of C. macrobulbon are cut, and the injured end is rubbed on a patch (also made of amate) and around the perimeter of the hole. The patch is placed over the hole and hammered into place to ensure adhesion.

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