Odontoglossum gloriosum Linden & Rchb. f. 1854 Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl
Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of © Lourens Grobler
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Common Name or Meaning The Glorious Odontoglossum
Flower Size 2.8" [7 cm]
Found in Colombian cloud forests in bright areas at elevations around 2000 to 2800 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with narrowly ovate, laterally complanate, rugose and longitudinally grooved pseudobulbs taper apically to a narrow apex and are peartially enveloped by several pairs of imbricating, distichous, leafless below and leaf-bearing above sheaths and carrying 2, apical, lanceolate, acute, conduplicate below to form a petiolate base leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on an axillary, to 12" [to 30 cm] long, erect, sometimes few branching, many flowered inflorescence with up to 35, strongly fragrant flowers.
Synonyms Odontoglossum gloriosum var. flaviflorum Bockemühl 1989; Oncidium gloriosum [Linden & Rchb.f] Chase & NH Wms. 2008
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list IPNI ;
Colombian Native Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991; Orquideologia Vol. 23 No 2 2004 photo; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 12 2008 as Oncidium gloriosum
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