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Oncidium
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Oncidium

Oncidium, abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that, as of December 2023, contains about 340 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family Orchidaceae. It is distributed across tropical and subtropical America from Mexico, Central America and the West Indies to northern Argentina, with one species (O. ensatum) extending into Florida. Common names for plants in this genus include dancing-lady orchid and golden shower orchid.

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3 branches of this group, most-observed first

tight ear oncidium

speciesOncidium lineoligerum

Oncidium geertianum

speciesOncidium geertianum

Oncidium abruptum

speciesOncidium abruptum

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Oncidium in Jean Jules Linden — Pescatorea: iconographie des orchidées (1860)

Jean Jules Linden — Pescatorea: iconographie des orchidées (1860)

Jean Jules Linden · 1860 · p.149

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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 884492.