Cyrtochilum divaricatum(Lindl.) Dalström

WFO wfo-0000935824 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Cyrtochilum divaricatum, photographed by GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ
fig. a GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-14 / obs. 198236157
Cyrtochilum divaricatum, photographed by Skjold Søndergaard
fig. b Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180417867
Cyrtochilum divaricatum, photographed by Daniel Mesa
fig. c Daniel Mesa, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179940862
Cyrtochilum divaricatum, photographed by margaritarestrepou
fig. d margaritarestrepou, CC0 1.0 / obs. 146889561
Cyrtochilum divaricatum, photographed by GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ
fig. e GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198236176
Cyrtochilum divaricatum, photographed by Skjold Søndergaard
fig. f Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180417889
Cyrtochilum divaricatum, photographed by Daniel Mesa
fig. g Daniel Mesa, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180533310
Cyrtochilum divaricatum, photographed by DANIEL ALEJANDRO CHICA BOTERO
fig. h DANIEL ALEJANDRO CHICA BOTERO, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47495656

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Cyrtochilum divaricatum is native: Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela ColombiaEcuadorVenezuela
Native distribution of Cyrtochilum divaricatum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Colombia CLM SOUTHERN AMERICA
Ecuador ECU
Venezuela VEN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cyrtochilum costatum (Lindl.) Kraenzl.
  • Cyrtochilum mandibulare (Linden & Rchb.f.) Kraenzl.
  • Cyrtochilum refractum (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl.
  • Odontoglossum costatum Lindl.
  • Odontoglossum divaricatum Lindl.
  • Oncidium costatum (Lindl.) Beer
  • Oncidium divaricatum (Lindl.) Beer
  • Oncidium mandibulare Linden & Rchb.f.
  • Oncidium refractum Rchb.f.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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