!Mexicoa ghiesbreghtiana (A. Rich. & Galeotti) Garay 1974 Photo by © Lourens Grobler.
Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.
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Common Name Gheisbreght's Mexicoa {Mexican Orchid Collector 1800's]
Flower Size1 1/4 to 1 3/4" [3 to 4 cm]
A small sized, Mexican, cold to warm growing epiphytic or lithophytic species that is found in Jalisco, Michoacan, Guerrero, Mexico and Oaxaca states in mountainous oak forests at elevations around 1400 to 2300 meters and grows well with Odontoglossum and has ovoid, conical or pyriform, grooved pseudobulbs with 2 apical, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms on a laxly few [3 to 6] flowered, simple, erect to arcuate, 5 1/2" [14 cm] long, inflorescence arising in the spring through fall that is subtended by several sheathing bracts and arises on a newly forming psuedobulb.
Synonyms Odontoglossum warneri Lindley 1845; *Oncidium ghiesbreghtianum A. Rich. & Galeotti 1845; Oncidium warneri [Lindley]Lindley 1855
!Mexicoa ghiesbreghtiana (A. Rich. & Galeotti) Garay 1974 var alba
References W3 Tropicos Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;Flora Novo-Galaciana Vol 16 McVaugh 1985; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006;
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