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Oncidium

COMMON NAME

Dancing-lady orchid, golden shower orchid

TYPE

Orchid

FAMILY

Orchidaceae

NOTES

A genus that contains about 330 species. The genus is not only one of the largest and most popular cultivated orchid genera, it is also a conglomeration of considerably distinct species. Oncidiums usually produce long, branched, many-flowered, erect to arching inflorescences bearing small to fairly large flowers often in colors from yellow to brown, rarely concolor but usually marked or blotched dark brown.

GEOGRAPHIC REGION

South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies

NATIVE HABITAT

Oncidiums occur in just about any imaginable habitat

WEB SOURCES

aos.org

wikipedia.org

 

Oncidium