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Orchid Species: Oncidium heteranthum
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Oncidium heteranthum is an orchid species identified by Poepp. & Endl. in 1836.
Genus
Oncidium (Onc.)
Grex
heteranthum
(name currently accepted by Kew)
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
Poepp. & Endl.
Year
1836
ORIGIN: Found from Venezuela, Surinam, northern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia at elevations of 200 to 2900 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Miniature to medium sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte with closely spaced, somewhat grooved, narrowly ovate, laterally compressed, ancipitous pseudobulbs partially enveloped by a few, basal, short, leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying 1 to 3 apical, lanceolate, acute, shortly conduplicate below into the base leaves that blooms mostly in the summer on a basal, 30 to 47 [75 to 120 cm] long, paniculate, slender, erect to arching to drooping, many flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb and carrying both lipless, sterile and normal lipped flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 3/4 inch [1.8 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
DESCRIPTION: Miniature to medium sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte with closely spaced, somewhat grooved, narrowly ovate, laterally compressed, ancipitous pseudobulbs partially enveloped by a few, basal, short, leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying 1 to 3 apical, lanceolate, acute, shortly conduplicate below into the base leaves that blooms mostly in the summer on a basal, 30 to 47 [75 to 120 cm] long, paniculate, slender, erect to arching to drooping, many flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb and carrying both lipless, sterile and normal lipped flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 3/4 inch [1.8 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 | zonatum | 1893 | Cogn. |
| Add+ | Heteranthocidium | Heteranthocidium | heteranthum | 2006 | (Poepp. & Endl.) Szlach. |
Most awarded/recent cultivars:
Onc. heteranthum h.f. album 'Regina'
(2016)
Onc. heteranthum h.f. album 'Empress'
(2014)
Onc. heteranthum 'Gigi'
(2009)
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