WANOSCG Orchid Fact Sheet

Cyrtostylis

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Cyrtostylis

Cyrtostylis distribution

Name and Authority

Cyrtostylis R.Br.

Common Name

Mosquito Orchids

Originally Described by

Robert Brown in Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 322 (1810)

Flowering Months

· · · · · Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov ·

Description

Cyrtostylis species have a smooth, rounded, ground-hugging leaf, a smooth flowering stem and up to 15 dull green, fawn and dull-red flowers with narrow petals and sepals and a large, elongated labellum with nectar producing glands at its base.

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