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Cyrtochilum
Oncidium, abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that contains about 330 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). As presently conceived (May 2014), it is distributed across much of South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies, with one species (O. ensatum) extending into Florida. Common names for plants in this genus include dancing-lady orchid and golden shower orchid.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Eucyrtochilum
sectionEucyrtochilum

Cimicifera
sectionCimicifera

Aurieum
sectionAurieum

Angustatium
sectionAngustatium

Cyrtochilum revolutum
speciesCyrtochilum revolutum

Myanthium
sectionMyanthium

Leopard-flowered Orchid
speciesCyrtochilum pardinum

King Midas’s Orchid
speciesCyrtochilum midas

Neodryas
sectionNeodryas

Cyrtochilum weirii
speciesCyrtochilum weirii

Cyrtochilum dipterum
speciesCyrtochilum dipterum

Unguisepala
sectionUnguisepala

Cyrtochilum tetraplasium
speciesCyrtochilum tetraplasium

Cyrtochilum caespitosum
speciesCyrtochilum caespitosum

Cyrtochilum loesenerianum
speciesCyrtochilum loesenerianum

Cyrtochilum umbonatum
speciesCyrtochilum umbonatum

Cyrtochilum williamsianum
speciesCyrtochilum williamsianum

Cyrtochilum soennemarkii
speciesCyrtochilum soennemarkii

Cyrtochilum anthoxanthum
speciesCyrtochilum anthoxanthum

Cyrtochilum parviflorum
speciesCyrtochilum parviflorum

Cyrtochilum macasense
speciesCyrtochilum macasense

Cyrtochilum schmidt-mummii
speciesCyrtochilum schmidt-mummii

Cyrtochilum ringens
speciesCyrtochilum ringens

Cyrtochilum russellianum
speciesCyrtochilum russellianum

Cyrtochilum pusillum
speciesCyrtochilum pusillum

Cyrtochilum microxiphium
speciesCyrtochilum microxiphium
Cyrtochilum metallicum
speciesCyrtochilum metallicum

Cyrtochilum guavianum
speciesCyrtochilum guavianum

Cyrtochilum patens
speciesCyrtochilum patens
Cyrtochilum aurantiacum
speciesCyrtochilum aurantiacum
Cyrtochilum schildhaueri
speciesCyrtochilum schildhaueri

Cyrtochilum misasianum
speciesCyrtochilum misasianum
Cyrtochilum ligulatum
speciesCyrtochilum ligulatum
Cyrtochilum boyacensis
speciesCyrtochilum boyacensis
Cyrtochilum christensonianum
speciesCyrtochilum christensonianum
Cyrtochilum guariniae
speciesCyrtochilum guariniae
Cyrtochilum huertasii
speciesCyrtochilum huertasii
Cyrtochilum santanderensis
speciesCyrtochilum santanderensis
Cyrtochilum klabochii
speciesCyrtochilum klabochii
Cyrtochilum lehmannii
speciesCyrtochilum lehmannii
Cyrtochilum maasii
speciesCyrtochilum maasii
Cyrtochilum ortizianum
speciesCyrtochilum ortizianum
Cyrtochilum ospinae
speciesCyrtochilum ospinae
Cyrtochilum palmatum
speciesCyrtochilum palmatum
Cyrtochilum ramiro-medinae
speciesCyrtochilum ramiro-medinae
Cyrtochilum rangelii
speciesCyrtochilum rangelii
Cyrtochilum schulzei
speciesCyrtochilum schulzei
Cyrtochilum simulans
speciesCyrtochilum simulans
Cyrtochilum ustulatum
speciesCyrtochilum ustulatum
Cyrtochilum vierlingii
speciesCyrtochilum vierlingii
Cyrtochilum sibundoyense
speciesCyrtochilum sibundoyense
Cyrtochilum trigibbum
speciesCyrtochilum trigibbum
Cyrtochilum trilingue
speciesCyrtochilum trilingue
Cyrtochilum viminale
speciesCyrtochilum viminale
Cyrtochilum fractiflexum
speciesCyrtochilum fractiflexum
Cyrtochilum suarezii
speciesCyrtochilum suarezii

Cyrtochilum vasquezii
speciesCyrtochilum vasquezii
Cyrtochilum rostratum
speciesCyrtochilum rostratum
Cyrtochilum corniculatum
speciesCyrtochilum corniculatum
Cyrtochilum linguiforme
speciesCyrtochilum linguiforme
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 117456.