Oncidium cogniauxianum Schltr. 1921 Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista and © Orchidstudium

Common Name Cogniaux's Oncidium [French Botanist mainly in Brazil 1800's]

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Rio de Janiero, Sao Paulo and Parana states of Brazil at elevations of 100 to 1500 meters as a miniature sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with clumped, filiform pseudobulbs carrying 1 to 2, apical leaves that blooms in the fall on a semi-pendent, 2 to 2.8" [5 to 7 cm] long, to 15 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Alatiglossum cogniauxianum (Schltr.) Baptista 2006; Gomesa cogniauxiana (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams 2009; Gomesa gracillima M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams 2009; Neoruschia cogniauxiana (Schltr.) Cath. & V.P.Castro 2006; Oncidium alfredii Kraenzl. 1922; Oncidium gracillimum Cogn. 1906; Oncidium zikanianum Hoehne & Schltr.1926

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzanreich Regni Vegetabilis Conspectus Odontoglossum/Oncidium Kranzlin 1922 as Oncidium alfredii; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing fide; Orchids of Brazil Vol 1 Oncidinae Baptista, Harding & Neto 2011 photo fide

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