Oncidium gardneri Lindl. 1843 SECTION Crispa Photo courtesy of Lourens Grobler.

Another Color Form Photo courtesy of Dalton Holland Baptista

Common Name Gardner's Oncidium [English Botanist 1800's]

Flower Size to about 2" [to 5 cm]

Found in Minas Gerais, Espiritu Santo, Rio de Janiero, Sao Paulo, Parana and Santa Catarina states of Brazil at elevations of 100 to 1200 meters as a medium sized, cool growing epiphytic plant from the Southeast Atlantic forest with 2 to 3" [5 to 7.5 cm] ovoid, compressed, longitudinally grooved with age and closely spaced on the rhizome psuedobulbs and have 2 oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous yet flexible, 6" to 12" [15 to 30 cm] leaves. The basal, stiff, curved, branched and lax, 3' [90 cm] long inflorescence has many fragrant flowers and occurs through the summer. They require partial shade and even watering and fertilizer while in growth and less after the psuedobulbs mature.

Synonyms Ampliglossum brunnipetalum (Barb.Rodr.) Campacci 2006; Anettea gardneri (Lindl.) Szlach. & Mytnik 2006; Brasilidium gardneri (Lindl.) Campacci 2006; Coppensia brunnipetala (Barb.Rodr.) Campacci 2006; Gomesa brunnipetala (Barb.Rodr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams 2009; Gomesa gardneri (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams 2009; Gomesa scullyi (Pabst & A.F.Mello) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams 2009; Gomesa wheatleyana (Gower) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams 2009; Oncidium brunnipetalum Barb.Rodr. 1882; Oncidium caloglossum Rchb.f. 1885; Oncidium elegantissimum Rchb. f. 1877; Oncidium flabelliferum Paxt. 1849; Oncidium forbesio-dasytele Rolfe ?; Oncidium gardneri subsp. caloglossum (Rchb.f.) Fowlie 1976; Oncidium gardneri var. pollettianum (Rchb.f.) Cogn. 1905; Oncidium gardneri var. praestans (Rchb.f.) Cogn. 1905; Oncidium gardneri var. elegantissimum (Rchb.f.) Cogn. 1905; Oncidium gardnerianum hort. 1880; Oncidium larkinianum Gower 1890; Oncidium pectorale var. caloglossum (Rchb.f.) Cogn.1905; Oncidium pectorale var. larkinianum (Gower) Cogn. 1905; Oncidium pollettianum Rchb.f. 1886; Oncidium praestans Rchb.f. 1880; Oncidium praetextum Morr. ?; Oncidium wheatleyanum Gower 1893

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 6 1978 drawing; Orchid Digest Vol 49 No 4 1985 as O larkinianum photo fide; Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994; Australian Orchid Review Vol 66 No 2 2001 photo; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2002; Oncidium Vol 2 Koniger 2005; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 9 2006 photo; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; Orchids of Brazil Vol 1 Oncidinae Baptista, Harding & Neto 2011 as Brasilidium gardneri photo fide

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