Cyrtellia
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×Cyrtellia, abbreviated in trade journals Cyrtl, is an intergeneric hybrid between the orchid genera Ansellia
and Cyrtopodium
(Aslla x Cyrt).
Ansellia
Ansellia is a monotypic genus of orchid, with only one species, Ansellia africana, commonly known as African Ansellia or Leopard Orchid. It was named after John Ansell, an English assistant botanist. who found the first specimens in 1841 on the Fernando Po Island in West Africa...
and Cyrtopodium
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...
(Aslla x Cyrt).