Odontoglossum crispum Lindley 1845
This and the previous are var pacho
This is the closeup lip detail of Odontoglossum crispum var pacho
Odontoglossum crispum var. fusagasuga
Odontoglossum crispum var. veliz
Odontoglossum crispum var. veliz Lip detail with anther cap removed by insect Photos by Jay Pfahl ©
O crispum var alba Photo by © Eric Hunt and his Orchid Species Photo Website
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Common Name The Curled Odontoglossum
Flower Size 3" to 4" [7.5 to 10 cm]
A medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphytic species from Colombia, found at altitudes of 2000 to 3000 meters in the western slopes of the Cordillera Oriental with broadly ovoid or oblong-ovoid, ancipitous, pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, suberect, linear-lanceolate, acute leaves that narrow below into a long, narrow, conduplicate Petiole like base and has a varied blooming season, but most often in winter, with fragrant, variable in color and size flowers on an axillary, to 1 1/2' [45 cm] long, many [8 to 20] flowered inflorescence with a racememe at the upper third with a few short basal branches that comes from the side of the newest forming pseudobulb. They require cool, well watered, humid conditions, with medium to heavy shade to thrive and after growth has slowed in the fall they need a slight lessening of water and fertilizer. This species is used often in improving odontoglossum hybridizing.
Synonyms Odontoglossum alexandrae Bateman 1864; Odontoglossum bluntii Rchb.f 1864; Odontoglossum edithiae Warn. 1864; Odontoglossum latimaculatum L. Linden 1888; Odontoglossum reichenbachianum F.Lehm 1883; Odontoglossum sanderianum Rchb.f 1881; Odontoglossum warocqueanum Linden & Linden 1888; Oncidium alexandre [Bateman] Chase & Wms. 2008
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Beitrage Zur Orchideenkunde Von Colombia 27:106 Schlechter 1924; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 5 1958 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 31 No 9 1962 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 52 No 11 1983 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 2 1987 photo; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 58 No 3 1994 drawings fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 9 1996 photo; Orquideologia Vol. 23 No 2 2004 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 7 2004 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 11 2006 photo; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 12 2008 as Oncidium alexandrae; Orquideeologia Vol 26 No 1 2009 photo;
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