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SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Oncidieae

Odontoglossum Species List

    The species list below was composed with information from the following sources.

    The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids by Alec Pridgeon. Published by the Timber Press

    The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species By Bechtel, Cribb and Launert, Published by The MIT Press

    Native Colombian Orchids Volumes 1-6 Published by Editorial Colina By the Colombian Orchid Society

    An Introduction to the Orchids Of Mexico By Andrew Wiard Published by Comstock Cornell

    Orchids Of Brazil By Jim & Barbara McQueen Published by Timber Press

    Field Guide to the Orchids of Costa Rica And Panama By Robert L Dressler Published by Comstock Cornell

    Orchids of Guatemala and Belize By Oakes Ames And Donovan Correl Published by Dover

    Species names that are synonyms of current species are denoted with a ~.

    ~alexandrae Batem. - See O. crispum

  1. amphiglottii Rchb.f
    2. - Colombia
  2. andersonianum Rchb.f
    3. - Colombia
  3. angustatum Lindl.
    4. - Colombia - Cold grower - Alt 2500-3000+m
  4. aspidorhinium Lehm.
    5. - Colombia - Cold grower - Alt 2500-3000+m
  5. astranthum Linden & Rchb.f
    6. -Colombia
  6. auro-purpureum Rchb.f
    7. - Colombia
  7. baphicanthum Rchb.f
    8. - Colombia

    ~bictonense [Batem.]Lindl. - See Lemboglossum bictoniense - Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador - Alt up to 3200m - Epiphyte in humid forests, Lithophyte on rocks on cliffs, and terrestrial - Flowers in late summer

  8. blandum Rchb.f
    9. - Colombia
  9. bluntii Rchb.f
    10. - Colombia
  10. boddaertianum Rchb.f
    11. - Colombia
  11. bogatense Schltr.
    12. - Colombia
  12. brachypterum Rchb.f
    13. - Colombia
  13. brandtii Kraenzl & Witt
    14. - Colombia
  14. calopterum Rcgb.f
    15. - Colombia

    ~cervantesii Llave & Lex. - See Lemboglossum cervantesii - Mexico and rarely in Guatemala - Alt 1500-3000m - Epiphyte on trees and rocky slopes - Fragrant - Flowers in winter

  15. cirrhosum Lindl.
    16. - Colombia and Northern Ecuador - Cool grower - Alt 1800-2500m
  16. constrictum Lindl.
    17. - Colombia - Alt 1700-2400m -
  17. convallariodes [Schltr] Ames & Correll
    18. - Costa Rica and rarely in Mexico and Guatemala - Alt up to 2700m - epiphyte on trees
  18. cookianum Rolfe
    19. - Colombia
  19. coradinei Rchb.f
    20. - Colombia

    ~cordatum Lindl. - See Lemboglossum cordatum - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica - Alt up to 3000m - Epiphyte in humid forests, Rarely terrestrial - Flowers late spring til early summer - similar to O maculatum but has larger flowers

    var sulphureum - yellow flower with no brown markings

  20. crinitum Rchb.f
    21. - Colombia and Ecuador - cool grower - Alt 1800-2500m
  21. crispum Lindl.
    22. - Colombia - Cool grower - Alt 1800-2500m - Fragrant - Flowers in winter
  22. cristatellum Rchb.f
    23. - Colombia - Cold grower - Alt 2500m and up
  23. cristatum Lindl.
    24. - Colombia, Ecuador and Peru - Alt 1600-1800m
  24. crocidipterum Rchb.f
    25. - Colombia - Cool grower - Alt 1800-2500m
  25. cruentum Rchb.f
    26. - Colombia
  26. cuspidatum Rchb.f
    27. - Colombia
  27. deltoglossum Rchb.f
    28. - Colombia
  28. densiflorum Lindl.
    29. - Colombia
  29. denticulatum Lehm. ex Dalst.
    30. -Colombia
  30. dipterum Lindl.
    31. - Colombia - Cool grower - Alt 1800-2500m
  31. dormannianum Rchb.f
    32. - Colombia
  32. edwardii Rchb.f
    33. - Colombia
  33. egertonii Lindl.
    34. - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica - Alt up to 2600m - epiphyte on trees in forests
  34. elegans Rchb.f
    35. - Colombia
  35. elegantium Rchb.f
    36. - Colombia
  36. epidendrodes HBK
    37. - Colombia
  37. euastrum Rchb.f
    38. - Colombia
  38. eugenes Veitch
    39. - Colombia
  39. exceliens Rchb.f
    40. - Colombia
  40. facetum Rchb.f
    41. - Colombia
  41. ferrugineum Rchb.f
    42. - Colombia
  42. forceipatum Linden & Rchb.f
    43. - Colombia
  43. funis [Lehm. & Kraenzl] Garay
  44. gloriosum Rchb.f
    45. - Colombia - Cold grower - Alt 2500-3000+

    ~grande Lindl. - See Rossioglossum grande - Mexico and Guatemala - Alt up to 2600m - epiphyte - Flowers from autumn til spring

  45. guttatum Rolfe
    46. - Colombia
  46. hallii Lindl.
    47. - Colombia
  47. harryanum Rchb.f
    48. - Colombia, Ecuador and Peru - cool grower - Alt 1800-2500m - Flowers in autumn -
  48. hebraicum Rchb.f
    49. - Colombia
  49. heterosepalum [Rchb.f] Garay
    50. -Colombia
  50. hinnus Rchb.f
    51. - Colombia
  51. histrioniacum Rchb.f
    52. - Colombia
  52. horsmanni Rchb.f
    53. - Colombia
  53. hunnewellianum Rolfe
    54. - Colombia

    ~insleayi [Lindl.] Garay & Kennedy - See rossioglossum insleayi - Mexico

  54. ioplocon Rchb.f
    55. - Colombia - Cool grower - Alt 1800-2500m
  55. ixiodes Lindl.
    56. - Colombia
  56. jenningsianum Rchb.f
    57. - Colombia
  57. josephinae B>S Wms.
    58. - Colombia
  58. kegekjani Morren
    59. - Colombia
  59. kraenslinii Obrien
    60. - Colombia
  60. laeve Lindl.
    61. - Mexico and Guatemala - Alt up to 1600m - Epiphyte on trees in humid forests, lithophytic
  61. leeanum Rchb.f
    62. - Colombia
  62. lehmannii Rchb.f
    63. - Ecuador - Alt 2400-3000m - Subspecies of O cristatellum?
  63. lepidum
    64. - Colombia
  64. leucopterum Linden & Rchb.f
    65. - Colombia
  65. ligulare Rchb.f
    66. - Colombia
  66. limbatum Rchb.f
    67. - Colombia
  67. lindenii Lindl.
    68. - Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela - Terrestrial - sprays of small yellow flowers - Blooms in spring til summer - Alt 2400-3000m
  68. lindleyanum Rchb.f
    69. - Colombia and Ecuador - Cool grower - Alt 1800-2500m -
  69. longifolium Lindl.
    70. - Colombia
  70. luteo-purpureum Lindl.
    71. - Colombia and Ecuador - Cool to cold grower - Alt 1800-3000+m
  71. lyroglossum Rchb.f
    72. - Colombia
  72. macrospilum Rchb.f
    73. - Colombia
  73. macrum Lindl.
    74. - Colombia

    ~maculatum Llave & Lex. - See Lemboglossum maculatum - Mexico, rarely in Guatemala - Alt up to 3000m - epiphyte

  74. maderoi Schltr.
    75. - Colombia
  75. majale Rchb.f
    76. - Guatemala - Alt up to 2600m - epiphyte
  76. marriotianum Rchb.f
    77. - Colombia
  77. measureianum O'Brien
    78. - Colombia
  78. medellinense [Kraenzl.]Schltr.
    79. - Colombia
  79. megalophium Lindl.
    80. - Colombia

    ~membranaceum Lindl. - See Lemboglossum cervantessii

  80. mirandum Rchb.f
    81. - Colombia - cool grower - Alt 1800-2500m
  81. mulus Rchb.f
    82. - Colombia
  82. murrellianum Rchb.f.
    83. - Colombia
  83. myanthum Lindl.
    84. - Colombia
  84. naevium Lindl.
    85. - Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador
  85. nartheciodesn [Kraenzl.]Garay
    86. - Colombia
  86. nevadense Rchb.f
    87. - Colombia - Cold to cool grower Alt 1800-3000m
  87. nobile Rchb.f
    88. - Colombia - Cold grower - Alt 2500m and up
  88. odoratum Lindl.
    89. - Colombia, Venezuela and Bolivia - Alt 1600-2500m
  89. ortgiesianum Sander ex Gartenf.
    90. - Colombia
  90. owenianum Rolfre
    91. - Colombia
  91. pardinum Lindl.
    92. - Colombia, Ecuador and Peru - Alt 2500-3500m

    ~pescatorei Linden - See O. nobile - Colombia

  92. platyodon Rchb.f
    93. - Colombia
  93. popayanense Lehm.&Kraenzl.
    94. - Colombia
  94. praenitens Rchb.f
    95. - Colombia - Cool grower - Alt 1800-2500m
  95. praestans Rchb.f & Warsc.
    96. - Colombia, Ecuador and Peru -
  96. prasinum Lind.&Rchb.f.
    97. - Colombia
  97. prionopetalum O'Brien
    98. - Colombia
  98. pulchellum Batem. ex Lindl.
    99. - Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador - Alt up to 2500m - Epiphyte - Flowers in Spring

    var egertoni - smaller plant and flowers don't fully open - Drier winter rest

    ~purum Rchb.f - see O. wallisii

  99. radiatum Rchb.f.
    100. - Colombia
  100. ramosissimum Lindl.
    101. - Colombia - Cold grower - 2500-3000+m
  101. ramulosum Lindl.
    102. - Colombia
  102. refractum
    103. - Colombia
  103. reversum Bockem.
    104. - Colombia - Cool grower - Alt 1800-2500m
  104. revolutum Lindl.
    105. - Colombia
  105. rhynchanthum Rchb.f
    106. - Colombia - Cool grower - Alt 1800-2500m
  106. robustum Rhb.f. & Warsc.
    107. - Colombia
  107. rolliae Lodd.
    108. - Guatemala?

    ~rossii Lindl. - See Lemboglossum rossii - Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua - Alt up to 3000m - Epiphyte in Humid forests - white lip

    var. majus - slight pink lip

    var rubescens - very pink lip, smaller flowers

  108. rueckerianum Rchb.f
    109. - Colombia

    ~sanderianum Rchb.f - See O. constrictum - Colombia and Venezuela - Alt 1700-2400m

  109. scabiosum [Kraenzl.]Schltr.
    110. - Colombia
  110. sceptrum Rchb.f & Warsc.
    111. - Colombia - Cool to cold grower - Alt 1800-3000+m
  111. schillerianum Rchb.f
    112. - Colombia and Venezuela - Alt 2000-2700m
  112. schlimii Linden. & Rchb.f.
    113. - Colombia schlieperianum Rchb.f - See Rossioglossum schlieperianum - Costa Rica
  113. schroederianum Rchb.f
    114. - Colombia
  114. schultzei Schltr.
    115. - Colombia
  115. spectatissimum Lindl.
    116. - Colombia - Cold grower - Alt 2500-3000m

    ~stellatum Lindl - See Lemboglossum stellatum - Mexico and Guatemala - Alt up to 3000m - Epiphyte

  116. stellimicans Rchb.f
    117. - Colombia
  117. stenoglossum [Schgltr]L.O.Wms.
    118. - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica - Alt up to 1600m - Epiphyte in wet or dry forest
  118. tentaculatum Rchb.f
    119. - Colombia
  119. tigrinum

    var. unquiculatum - larger plant, more yellow in a smaller flower

  120. tripudians Rchb.f & Warsc.
    121. - Colombia

    ~triumphans Rchb.f & Warsc. - See O. spectatissimum - Colombia - Alt 2300-2700m

  121. umbrosum Rchb.f
    122. - Colombia
  122. uroskinneri Lindl.
    123. - Guatemala - Alt ? - Lithophyte - May be a natural hybrid of O. bictoniense and O cervantesii
  123. victor Rchb.f
    124. - Colombia
  124. wallisii Rchb.f
    125. - Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru - Cool grower - Alt 1800-2500m
  125. weberbauerianum [Kraenzl.]Schltr.
    126. - Colombia
  126. weirii Rchb.f
    127. - Colombia - Cold grower - Alt 2500-3000+m
  127. wendlandianum Rolfe
    128. - Colombia
  128. wilckeanum Rchb.f
    129. - Colombia
  129. williamsianum Rchb.f
    130. - Guatemala, Costa Rica and Honduras - Alt up to 1000m - Epiphyte in dense forest

    ~wyattianum - See O. harryanum

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