Odontoglossum crocidipterum Rchb. f. 1871 SECTION Canaliculatum SERIES Cirrhosum Dalstrom 2020
Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website
Common Name The Saffron Yellow Two Winged Odontoglossum
Flower Size 1 1/5" [3 cm]
Found in Colombia, Venezuela and Peru in wet montane forests at elevations of 2200 to 2750 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing epiphyte with ovoid to ellipsoid, purple spotted pseudobulbs enveloped basally by 5 to 8, distichous, imbricating, upepermost foliaceous sheaths and carrying 1 to 2 [most often] apical, oblong to linear-lanceolate, acute leaves and blooms in the winter on an axillary, arising on a newly maturing pseudobulb, ascending or arching, 8" [20 cm] long, racemose or paniculate, inflorescence with scale-like, appressed, shorter than the ovary f;loral bracts and carrying fragrant, small, spidery to slightly campanulate flowers.
Synonyms Odontoglossum crocidipterum subsp. dormanianum (Rchb.f.) Bockemühl 1989; Odontoglossum dormanianum Rchb.f. 1884; Oncidium crocidipterum [Rchb.f] Chase & NH Wms. 2008
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1874 Drawing fide; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing good; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 4 Dunsterville & Garay 1966 as O dormannianum drawing good; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 6 Dunsterville & Garay 1976 drawing good; Flora de Venezuela Volumen XV Part 5 Foldats 1970 as O dormannianum drawing good; Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 2 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing good; Orchids of Venezuela An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 2 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 as O dormannianum drawing good; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997 photo ok; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997 as O crocidipterum ssp dormannianum; Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 2 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawings fide; Orquideas Nativas del Tachira Cesar Fernandez 2003 photo fide; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; Libro Rojo de Plantas De Colombia Vol 6 Primera Parte Saenz 2007 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 12 2008 as Oncidium crocidipterum; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo fide; The Odontoglossum Story Dalstrom, Higgins & Deburghgraeve 2020 drawing/photo fide
Odontoglossum crocidipterum subsp. dormanianum (Rchb.f.) Bockemühl 1989 Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website
Differs in the placement and shape of the calli on the lip.
SynonymsOncidium crocidipterum var dormanianum [Rchb.f] Chase & NH Wms. 2008
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 4 Dunsterville & Garay 1966 as O dormannianum; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Lieferung 33-6 1997 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 12 2008 as Oncidium crocidipterum var dormanianum
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