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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.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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