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Orchid Species: Oncidium guatemalense
Kew currently accepted name is Oncidium oliganthum
Oncidium guatemalense is an orchid species identified by Schltr. in 1912. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Oncidium oliganthum.
Genus
Oncidium (Onc.)
Grex
guatemalense
Parents
Species
Author
Schltr.
Year
1912
ORIGIN: This rare, cloud forest, small to medium sized, cool to cold growing, epiphytic species is found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua at elevations of 1600 to 2200 meters.
DESCRIPTION: This rare, cloud forest, small to medium sized, cool to cold growing, epiphytic species is found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua at elevations of 1600 to 2200 meters with ovoid, compressed, sulcate with time pseudobulbs subtended by several dry, thin sheaths, a few that are leaf-bearing with 2 to 3 apical, linear-elliptic to linear oblanceolate, subcoriaceous, obtuse leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on a basal, 6 to 16 [15 to 40 cm] long, racemose or a single, 2 flowered branch, erect-arcuate, few to several flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb with triangular, obtuse, papery, tubular bracts carrying up to 7 weakly fragrant, waxy, successively opening flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 1/2 inches [4 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
DESCRIPTION: This rare, cloud forest, small to medium sized, cool to cold growing, epiphytic species is found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua at elevations of 1600 to 2200 meters with ovoid, compressed, sulcate with time pseudobulbs subtended by several dry, thin sheaths, a few that are leaf-bearing with 2 to 3 apical, linear-elliptic to linear oblanceolate, subcoriaceous, obtuse leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on a basal, 6 to 16 [15 to 40 cm] long, racemose or a single, 2 flowered branch, erect-arcuate, few to several flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb with triangular, obtuse, papery, tubular bracts carrying up to 7 weakly fragrant, waxy, successively opening flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 1/2 inches [4 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
| Genus Name | Genus | Grex Name | Year | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add+ | Oncidium | Onc | oliganthum | 1948 | (Rchb.f.) L.O.Williams ex Correll |
| Add+ | Odontoglossum | Odm | purpusii | 1925 | Schltr. |
| Add+ | Odontoglossum | Odm | oliganthum | 1856 | Rchb.f. |
Most awarded/recent cultivars:
Onc. oliganthum 'Fox Den'
(2005)
Onc. oliganthum 'Ocuilan'
(2001)
Onc. oliganthum 'Amigo'
(2001)
Onc. oliganthum 'Juanito Flores'
(1985)
Onc. oliganthum 'Joachim'
(1982)
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