Tolumnia scandens (Moir) Braem 1986
Photos by © Fred Akerne
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Common Name The Scandent Tolumnia
Flower Size
Found in Haiti at the base of bushes in lichen and plant debris at elevations of 1500 to 2000 meters as a small sized, cool growing terrestro-epiphyte with a rhizome giving rise to a fan of narrow, semiterete, erect leaves that blooms in the later spring on a to 39" [to 100 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms *Oncidium scandens Moir 1969; Oncidium variegatum subsp. scandens (Moir) Withner 1980
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 #2 1995 Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997 drawing fide/photo ok; Orchid Species Culture Oncidium/Odontoglossum Bakers 2006; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 #6 2009 photo fide;
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