Oncidium ensatum
| Florida dancinglady orchid | |
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| Florida dancinglady orchid | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Maxillarieae |
| Subtribe: | Oncidiinae |
| Alliance: | Oncidium |
| Genus: | Oncidium |
| Species: | O. ensatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Oncidium ensatum Lindl. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Oncidium ensatum, Latin American orchid,[2] is a species of orchid found from southern Florida, southern Mexico (Chiapas + the Yucatán Peninsula), Central America, Cuba, the Bahamas, and northwestern Venezuela.[1][3][4]
Oncidium ensatum is usually epiphytic but sometimes terrestrial, up to 100 cm tall (not including the inflorescence). Leaves are narrowly linear to lanceolate, each up to 10 cm long. Inflorescence is either arching or hanging, up to 250 cm long. Flowers are yellow with brown spots.[3]
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ "Oncidium ensatum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- 1 2 Flora of North America, v 26 p 648, Oncidium ensatum
- ↑ Biota of North America Program
- Institute for Regional Conservation, Floristic Inventory of South Florida Database Online, Oncidium ensatum Lindl., Florida dancinglady orchid
- IOSPE orchid photos Oncidium ensatum'
- Gardening Europe
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