Oncidium polycladium Rchb.f. ex Lindl. 1855

SECTION Oblongata Photo by © Franz Xaver

Part shade to Hot Winter Spring

Common Name The Many Branched Oncidium

Flower Size

Found in Costa Rica and Panama in in wet montane forests at elevations of sealevel to 800 meters as a large sized, hot growing epiphyte that blooms in the winter and spring on a many branched, many flowered inflorescence

Similar to and often refered to as a synonym of Oncidium baueri.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture Odontoglossum/Oncidium Alliance Bakers 2006 as O baueri; Orchids of Costa Rica Vol 2 Morales 2009 photo fide;

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