Oncidium nobile

"Odontoglossum nobile (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams is found in Boyaca, Santander and Norte de Santander Colombia in cloudforests at elevations of 2000 to 2400 m. It was discovered in the year 1847 by MM. Funck and Schlim when on a botanical mission to New Granada, in the service of M. Linden."

Oncidium nobile (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams, Lindleyana 21(3): 25 (2008).

Oncidium nobile (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams, Photo by Ron Webb

its native range is Colombia.

Latin Name: 

Oncidium nobile (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Odontoglossum nobile Rchb.f.

Odontoglossum nobile var. leucoxanthum (Rchb.f.) Bockemühl

Odontoglossum nobile f. leucoxanthum (Rchb.f.) Christenson

Odontoglossum nobile var. veitchianum (Rchb.f.) Bockemühl

Odontoglossum pescatorei Linden ex Lindl.

Odontoglossum pescatorei var. germinyanum B.S.Williams

Odontoglossum pescatorei var. leucoxanthum Rchb.f.

Odontoglossum pescatorei var. lindenianum L.Linden & Rodigas

Odontoglossum pescatorei var. stupendum Rchb.f.

Odontoglossum pescatorei var. veitchianum Rchb.f.

Oncidium nobile f. leucoxanthum (Rchb.f.) J.M.H.Shaw

Oncidium nobile f. veitchianum (Rchb.f.) J.M.H.Shaw

Oncidium pescatorei (Linden ex Lindl.) Beer

English Name:

The Grand Odontoglossum.

Description: 

With ovoid, brown speckled, laterally compressed, ancipitous pseudobulbs enveloped basally by 2 to 3 leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying 2 apical, ligulate, acute, conduplicate below into the narrow, fairly long petiole-like base leaves that blooms on an erect or arching, occasionally branching, to 60 cm long, many (10 to 100) flowered inflorescence carrying faintly fragrant, variable colored, orbicular appearing flowers occuring in the later spring and early summer.

Distribution:

Colombia.

Ecological:

In cloudforests at elevations of 2000 to 2400 m as a small to medium sized, cold growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the later spring and early summer.

Flower size:

6.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Climate: Cool

Air Circulation: Medium

Light: Medium

Humidity: Medium

Fertilizer: Bimonthly

Typus:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/73819-2

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73819-2

- http://www.orchidspecies.com/cychnochesperuvianum.htm.

- https://travaldo.blogspot.com/2019/04/odontoglossum-nobile-care-and-culture.html

- https://www.ecuagenera.com/Oncidium-nobile/en