Odontoglossum subuligerum Rchb.f. 1876 Photo by Guido Deburghgraeve ©

Part shade Cool Fall

Common Name The Terete-Leafed Odontoglossum

Flower Size

Found in Peru and Bolivia at elevations around 2500 meters as a large sized, cool growing epiphyte with lanceolate, narrow, apically acute leaves that blooms in the fall on an axillary, to more than 14" [35 cm] long, 2 to 3 flowered, racemose inflorescence with the flowers held in a short racemce at the apex of the inflorescence and have 4+, short, widely spaced, close, tubular sheaths.

Synonyms Oncidium subuligerum [Rchb.f]Chase & NH Wms. 2008

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 11 1995 photo; Australian Orchid Review Vol 65 No 4 2000 photo; Orchid Species Culture, Oncidium Alliance Bakers 2006; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 12 2008 as Oncidium subuligerum; Libro Rojo de Plantas De Colombia Vol 6 Primera Parte Saenz 2007 photo not; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo fide

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