Oncidium altissimum


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Read about Oncidium altissimum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Oncidium altissimum, Swartz. Pseudobulbs nearly rotund, much compressed and edged: Lvs. 1-2 at the top and several at the base of the pseudpbulb, ensiform, keeled, 1½-2 ft. long: infl., an almost simple, drooping raceme, 4-6 ft. long; sepals and petals free, similar, spreading, linear-lanceolate, undulate, pale yellow, with olive- brown blotches; labellum nearly as long as the petals, fiddle-shaped, with the middle lobe reniform, spreading, yellow, with a brown band near the center, prominently crested. Aug. W. Indies. B.M. 2990. B.R. 1851.


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