!Palumbina candida [Lindley]Rchb.f 1863 Photo courtesy of Jeff Stuart.

Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

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Common Name The White Palumbina

Flower Size 1 1/2" [4 cm]

This species is from Guatemala and Mexico and was once in the genus Oncidium. It has an oblong-ellipsoid to oblong-obovoid, strongly compressed pseudobulb subtended by several, scarious sheaths carrying a single, apical, linear-elliptic, acute, leaf with a prominent mid vein that blooms in the spring on a basal, 1 1/2' [45cm] long, erect, racemose, few [2 to 5] flowered inflorescence with 2 tubular bracts and a single ovate-triangular floral bract with fragrant, showy flowers arising on a mature psuedobulb as the new growth arises and has minute, triangular bracts and is a small sized, cool to warm growing species found as an epiphyte on trees at altitudes of 1600 to 2100 meters in pine-oak cloud forest and mountain rain forest. Best grown in a pot with moderate shade and humidity and even year round watering, though less after the psuedobulb has matured.

Synonyms *Oncidium candidum Lindley 1843

References W3 Tropicos [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html], Kew Monocot list [http://www.kew.org/wcsp/home.do], Icones Orchidacearum I Plate 82 Hagsater & Salazar 1990; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006;

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