Product information "Oncidium ornithorhynchum"
| Name: | Oncidium sotoanum, R.Jiménez & Hágsater 2010 |
| Synonyms: | Oncidium sotoanum f. albiflorum (Rchb.f.) Lückel 2014 |
| Etymology: | sotoanum = Miguel A. Sota Arenas, mexican Orchid amateur, 20th. century |
| Propagation: | seed - divisions |
| Origin: | Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama |
| Habitat: | epiphytic, in humid forests at altitudes up to 1500 meter |
| Notes: | This orchid for most of the last 200 years has been known as Oncidium ornithorhynchum which with recent studies has been found to describe a yellow flowered species from Andean South America known commonly as Oncidium pyramidale. A new name was needed for the pink, highly fragrant flowers that occur in Central America hence this new name Oncidium sotoanum for the species in the photos above. |
