Oncidium paranapiacabense Hoehne 1938 SECTION Synsepala

Plant and Flowers Photo by © Jaime Combadao © and the Forest website

Another Flower Photo by © Americo Docha Neto © and Orchidstudium

Common Name The Paranapicaba Oncidium [A mountain range in Sao Paulo state of Brazil]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Sao Paulo state Brazil amongst boulders near promonotories as a large sized, cool growing epiphyte with ovate, elongate, slightly compressed pseudobulbs carrying 3 apical leaves and blooms in the spring on an erect, 28" to 40" [70 to 100 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence

The O batemannianum complex includes O blanchettii, O caldense, O paranapiacabense; O pontagrossense and newer references refer them all as synonyms of a very variable O batemannianum. I have left them and their synonyms separate for now.

Synonyms Ampliglossum paranapiacabense (Hoehne) Campacci 2006; Coppensia paranapiacabensis (Hoehne) Campacci 2006; Gomesa paranapiacabensis (Hoehne) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams 2009

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 2 1980 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 4 1980 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 46 No 3 1982 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997; Orchid Species Culture Odontoglossum/Oncidium Alliance Bakers 2006; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 #8 2007 as Coppensia paranapiacabensis photo fide; Orchids of Brazil Vol 1 Oncidinae Baptista, Harding & Neto 2011 as Coppensia ramosa photo fide

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