Miltonia cuneata Lindl. 1844
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Common Name The Wedge-Shaped Miltonia
Flower Size 2 1/2" to 3" [6.5 to 7.5 cm]
Found in Brazil at elevations around 800 to 1000 meters in dense wet montane forests as a robust, medium sized, creeping, cool to hot growing epiphyte with slightly tapered, slightly flattened, pseudobulbs that can be clustered or well spaced and are enveloped basally by 2 to 4 non-foliaceous sheaths and carry 2 to 3, narrow, acute leaves that blooms on a erect or arching, to 2' [60 cm] long, few to several [5 to 8] flowered inflorescence with triangular, acute, papery bracts occuring in the winter and early spring.
Synonyms Anneliesia cuneata (Lindl.) Senghas & Lückel 1997; Miltonia speciosa G. Klotz, Otto & A. Dietr. 1855; Miltonia velloziana Ruschi & la Gasa 1975; Oncidium speciosum Rchb. f. 1864
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance Bakers 2006
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