Oncidium ensatum explained

Oncidium ensatum, the Latin American orchid or Florida dancinglady orchid, is a species of orchid found in southern Florida, southern Mexico (Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula), Central America, Cuba, the Bahamas, and northwestern Venezuela.[1] [2] [3]

Oncidium ensatum is usually epiphytic but sometimes terrestrial, up to tall (not including the inflorescence). The leaves are narrowly linear to lanceolate, each up to long. The inflorescence is either arching or hanging, up to long. The flowers are yellow with brown spots.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=139378 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101811 Flora of North America, v 26 p 648, Oncidium ensatum
  3. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Oncidium%20ensatum.png Biota of North America Program