Sigmatostalix reversa Rchb.f. 1876

Photo by © Jay Pfahl

Common Name The Reversed Sigmatostalix

Flower Size

Found in Antioquia state, Colombia as a small sized, cold growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring on a successively flowered, 4" [10 cm] long, successively few flowered, paniculate inflorescence with a cluster of blossoms that arise on short, spindle like branches

Synonyms Oncidium reversum [Rchb.f] Chase & Wms. 2008; Roezliella reversa (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1918

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzanreich Regni Vegetabilis Conspectus Odontoglossum/Oncidium Kranzlin 1922; Native Orchids of Colombia Vol 6 Cos 1998 photo fide; Orchid Species Culture Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance Bakers 2006; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 12 2008 as Oncidium reversum

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