Difference between revisions of "Odontoglossum cristatum"

Latest revision as of 15:18, 20 February 2010

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names
	Odontoglossum >	cristatum >

If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!

Read about Odontoglossum cristatum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Odontoglossum cristatum, Lindl. (Oncidium cristatum, Beer). Lvs. linear-lanceolate, a little shorter than the many-fld. scape: sepals and petals lanceolate-acuminate, yellow, spotted with brown; labellum oblong-lanceolate, white; apex and margin brown, with purple striae, with a digitate crest on the disk; wings of the column semi- ovate or subquadrate. Peru. I.H. 17:21. Var. Dayanum, Reichb. This is colored like the type, but the lip is rhomboid, apiculate, serrate, and the teeth of the crests on the labellum cross each other like the bristles on the nearly closed leaf of Dionaea muscipula. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

w:Odontoglossum cristatum. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
Odontoglossum cristatum QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)

This article is a stub. You can help Gardenology.org by expanding it.