Oncidium abruptum Linden & Rchb. f. 1882 SECTION Oncidium Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt

Another Clone? Photo courtesy of Bill Bergstrom

Common Name The Sharp Oncidium

Flower Size 1.2 to 1.6" [3 to 4 cm]

Found in western Colombia and Ecuador at 650 to 1400 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with narrowly ovate, laterally compressed, ancipitous pseudobulbs carrying oblong, acute, conduplicate below to form a petiole-like base leaves and blooms on a basal, paniculate, 32" to 5' 4" [80 to 160 cm] long, 15 to 20 branched, arcuate to nodding, many flowered, twining and flexuous, inflorescence with widely spaced flowers.

Synonyms Oncidium swartzii Chiron & Braem 2002

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991 the same as the second photo above?; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003; Orquideologia Vol. 23 No 2 2004; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; Oncidium Vol 2 Koniger 2005;

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