[sir or kir-toe-styIe-iss]
From kyrtos curved, and stylos, a column.
A small genus of two species, one occurring in Australia and one in New Zealand, closely allied to Caladenia, but more like Acianthus in habit, and included in this genus by some botanists. Wholly dependent on insects for fertilisation. Seed-capsules few in proportion to flowers.

C. reniformis, R. Brown; kidney-shaped.
"Mosquito orchid"
A small delicate plant. Leaf heart or kidney-shaped, radical, up to 1.5 in. diameter. Stem from under 2 in. high and one-flowered, to 6 or 7 in., with four or five pale red flowerS. Dorsal sepal somewhat long, triangular-shaped, lateral sepals and petals narrow. Lip as long as dorsal sepal and correspondingly wide. Favours moist, shady places.
W.A.: Albany, Cottesloe, Greenbushes., Margaret River, Stirling Range, York. August - November.