Oncidium caatingaense (Cetzal, V.P.Castro & Marçal) in ed. SECTION Cebolletae Photo by © V. Paiva-Castro and Harvard Papers in Botany Vol 21 #2 Cetzal-Ix Carnevalli and Romero-Gonzalez 2016 Synopsis of the Trichocentrum Clade

Common Name The Caatinga Oncidium [A type of Desert Brush occuring in Brazil and host to this species]

Flower Size

Found in Ceara and Minas Gerais states of Brazil at elevations around sealevel to 400 meters as a hot growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring

Synonyms *Cohniella caatingaensis Cetzal, V.P.Castro & Marçal 2012; Trichocentrum caatingaense (Cetzal, V.P.Castro & Marçal) J.M.H.Shaw 2014

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Harvard Papers in Botany Vol 21 #2 Cetzal-Ix Carnevalli and Romero-Gonzalez 2016 Synopsis of the Trichocentrum Clade as Cohniella caatingensis photo fide;

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