Trichocentrum cebolleta (Jacq.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams

Trichocentrum cebolleta (Jacq.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams, Lindleyana 16(2): 137 (2001).

Trichocentrum cebolleta (Jacq.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams, Photos by José Santos da Costa

its native range is N. & N. Central Colombia to N. & W. Venezuela

Synonyms:

Cohniella cebolleta (Jacq.) Christenson

Epidendrum cebolleta Jacq.

Oncidium cebolleta (Jacq.) Sw.

Oncidium humboldtii Schltr.

Stilifolium cebolleta (Jacq.) Königer & D.Pongratz

English name:

The Onion Leaf Oncidium.

Description:

tubular pseudobulbs that are subtended by large white sheathing that it blooms in the winter on a basal, arcuate, 2 1/2' [75 cm] long, simple or short branched, multi-flowered racemose inflorescence arising on a newly matured pseudobulb.

Flower Size:

4.0 cm.

Distribution:

Colombia, Venezuela.

Ecological:

In seasonally dry forests at elevations of 150 to 1700 meters in elevation in xerophytic conditions. 

Flowering time:

Blooms in the winter.

Culture:

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