Odontoglossum × andersonianum Rchb.f. 1868 Photo by Guido Deburghgraeve ©

Common Name Anderson's Odontoglossum [English Doctor and Orchid Enthusiast 1800's]

Flower Size 2.4" [6 cm]

Found in Colombia and Venezuela as a natural hybrid of O crispum and O. gloriosum at elevations around 2250 to 2800 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with elliptic-ovoid, compressed pseudobubls enveloped basally by several, disitchous, imbricate, leafless to leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying 2, apical, linear-lanceolate, linear to linear-oblanceolate, acute to subacute, attenuate below into he conduplicate, base leaves that blooms on a paniculate, 20 to 24" [50 to 60 cm] long, many flowered inflorescnece with fragrant flowers

Synonyms Odontoglossum × andersonianum var. splendens B.S.Williams 1888; Odontoglossum × baphicanthum Rchb.f. 1876; Odontoglossum × bleichroederianum Linden & L.Linden 1888; Odontoglossum × brassia Rchb.f. 1885; Odontoglossum × chestertonii auct. 1878; Odontoglossum crispum var. andersonianum (Rchb.f.) H.J.Veitch 1887; Odontoglossum crispum var. jenningsianum (Rchb.f.) H.J.Veitch 1887; Odontoglossum crispum var. rueckerianum (Rchb.f.) H.J.Veitch 1887; Odontoglossum × deltoglossum Rchb.f. 1881; Odontoglossum × grusonianum auct. 1888; Odontoglossum × hebraicum Rchb.f. 1879; Odontoglossum × histrionicum Rchb.f. 1882; Odontoglossum × jenningsianum Rchb.f. 1878; Odontoglossum × josephinae B.S.Williams 1885; Odontoglossum × measuresianum O'Brien 1885; Odontoglossum odoratum var. baphicanthum (Rchb.f.) H.J.Veitch 1887; Odontoglossum odoratum var. deltoglossum (Rchb.f.) H.J.Veitch 1887; Odontoglossum odoratum var. hebraicum (Rchb.f.) H.J.Veitch 1887; Odontoglossum × ortgiesianum Sander 1891; Odontoglossum × pollettianum O'Brien 1885; Odontoglossum × rueckerianum Rchb.f. 1873; Odontoglossum × schlesingerianum L.Linden 1889

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 5 1970;

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