Oncidium chrysopteranthum Lückel 1998 SECTION Barbata
Plant and Inflorescence Photoby © Luiz Filipe Varela and his Flicker website
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Common Name The Yellow Anther Oncidium
Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]
Found in Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul Brazil at elevations of 50 to 300 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with elliptic pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3, apical leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a semi-erect, to 20" + [to 50 cm +] long, to 15 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Alatiglossum chrysopteranthum ( Lückel ) Baptista 2006; Gomesa chrysopterantha (Lückel) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams 2009; Oncidium micropogon var. chrysopterum Rchb.f. 1855
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 2 2007 photo as Alatiglossum chrysopternathum; Orchids of Brazil Vol 1 Oncidinae Baptista, Harding & Neto 2011 as Alatiglossum chrysopternathum photo fide
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