5. Cyrtopodium flavum Link & Otto ex Rchb.f.,

Iconogr. Bot. Exot. 3: 7, t. 214. 1830. Fig. 2e

Rupicolous herb. Leaves 6, sessile, distributed along the caulome; blade green, immaculate, chartaceous, flat, plicate, linear, parallel-veined, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescence in raceme or panicle, lateral, multiflowered, glabrous. Flowers resupinate, ecalcarate; sepals and petals yellow to greenish-yellow, immaculate; lip yellow, trilobed.

Distribution: Restricted to Brazil and endemic to the Atlantic Forest domain (Flora do Brasil c2020).

Specimen examined: 22º57’31’’ S, 43º10’47’’ W, 9 Aug 2018 (fl), R. Silva s.n. (RFA 43324) .