Oncidium poikilostalix

Oncidium poikilostalix (Kraenzl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams, Lindleyana 21(3): 26 (2008).

Oncidium poikilostalix
Oncidium poikilostalix
Oncidium poikilostalix
Oncidium poikilostalix (Kraenzl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams, Photo by David OneWheel

ts native range is Mexico (Chiapas) to Ecuador.

Latin Name: 

Oncidium poikilostalix (Kraenzl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Oncidium guatemalenoides M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams

Oncidium pictoides M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams

Sigmatostalix costaricensis Rolfe

Sigmatostalix guatemalensis Schltr.

Sigmatostalix lunata Schltr.

Sigmatostalix picta Rchb.f.

Sigmatostalix poikilostalix Kraenzl.

English Name:

Description: 

With flattened, ovate pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several imbricating, leaf-bearing sheaths and carries a single apical, narrowly elliptic, conduplicate towards the petiolate base leaf that blooms at most any time of the year on an erect, basal up through the leaf sheaths, several flowered raceme or occasional panicle that is longer than the leaves.

Distribution:

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela.

Ecological:

This miniature sized, hot to cool growing epiphytic species is found at elevations of 500 to 2200 m in Colombia along the Andes in wet montane cloud forests.

Flowering times:

Blooms  at most any time of the year.

Flower size:

1.4 cm.

Cultivation:

Grow in cool to warm conditions with moderate to bright light. Water the plant right before the potting mix starts to dry. Plants should be potted in a well drain medium such as medium fir bark.

Type Information:

Jameson [s.n.], Ecuador K000079873 Unknown type material

Lankester [350-15], Costa Rica K000463310 Unknown type material

Lankester [350-15], Costa Rica K000463312 Unknown type material

s.coll. [s.n.] K000463315

s.coll. [s.n.] K000463313

Lankester, C. H. [s.n.], Costa Rica K000463314 Unknown type material

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/77101838-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70029314-1

http://www.orchidspecies.com/sigpoikiolostalix.htm. 

https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Oncidium

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