Oncidium varicosum Lindl. & Paxton 1837 SECTION Synsepala Photo courtesy of © Lourens Grobler
Plant and Flowers in situ Bahia Brazil Photo by © Sidney Marçal
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Common Name The Veined Oncidium
Flower Size seldom more than 1 1/2" [to more than 3.75 cm]
Found in Goias, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, and Parana states of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay at elevations of 500 to 1800 meters as an epiphytic, medium sized, cool to warm growing orchid with ovoid, elongate, slightly compressed and rugose, 4" [10 cm] psuedobulbs that have 2 to 3 apical, lanceolate, coriaceous yet flexible, curved 8" [20 cm] leaves. The basal panicle is stiff, usually pendant, branched, lax and 2 to 5' [60 to 150 cm] long and carrying many non-fragrant, variable sized flowers that arise in the fall and winter.
Synonyms Ampliglossum varicosum (Lindl.) Campacci 2006; Coppensia varicosa (Lindl.) Campacci 2006; Gomesa varicosa (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams 2009; Oncidium euxanthinum Rchb. f. 1869; Oncidium geranense Barb. Rodr. 1881; Oncidium lunaeanum auct. 1850; Oncidium rodgersii hort. ex Bateman 1868; Oncidium varicosum var. charlesworthii auct. 1892; Oncidium varicosum var. concolor Cogn. 1897; Oncidium varicosum var. lindenii auct. 1899; Oncidium varicosum var. rogersii (Bateman) Rchb.f. 1870; Oncidium varicosum var. southorangense Grey 1895; Oncidium varicosum var. vexillarium Kraenzl. 1922; Oncidium vexillarium (Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl.) Königer 2008
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 10 1963; Die Orchideen #1 1-4 tafel 1&2 Rudolph Schlechter 1971 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 6 1985 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 11 1987 photo; AOS Bulletin No 63 No 9 1994 photo; Australian Orchid Review Vol 66 No 2 2001 photo; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2002; Oncidium Vol 2 Koniger 2005; 100 Orquideas Argentinas Freuler 2005 photo fide; Orquideas Da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 8 2007 Photo as Coppensia varicosa; Orchids of Brazil Vol 1 Oncidinae Baptista, Harding & Neto 2011 as Coppensia varicosa photo fide
Oncidium varicosum Lindl. & Paxton var. rogersii 1837
Another Flower Photo courtesy of Mauro Rosim
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Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in Brazil as a cool to hot growing epiphyte that blooms on a stiff, usually pendant, profusely branched, lax and 2 to 5' [60 to 150 cm] long inflorescence occuring in the fall and winter.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 6 1978 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 2 1980 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 4 1995 Photo;
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