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Read about Oncidium ampliatum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Oncidium ampliatum, Lindl. Pseudobulbs subrotund, compressed, bright green with purple spots, becoming blackish purple and wrinkled with age: Lvs. plane, oblong-lanceolate, 9 in. long: infl. a large panicle 1-3 ft. long, with numerous fls., which are yellow, spotted with red at the bases of the segms.; sepals and petals small, the former entirely free; labellum reniform, spreading, wavy, 1½ in. across, narrow at the base, with 2 small lateral lobes and a prominent lobed crest. March-May. Throughout the coast of Nicaragua. B.R. 1699.—The fls. are produced in magnificent panicles. In var. majus, Hort., they are half again as large as in the type. F.S. 20:2140, 2141. G.C. III. 17:173. Gn. 45, p. 491. G.M. 37:475. C.L.A. 6:166. G. 17:202. J.H. III. 54:295. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

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