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Found in the Lesser Antilles Islands of Martinique, Trinidad and St. Vincent at altitudes of sea-level to 200m as a medium sized, pseudobulbed, hot growing epiphyte with clustered to ovoid to suborbicular, laterally compressed, rugose with age pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several imbricating leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying 2 apical, oblong-ligulate, acute, conduplicate below into the petiole-like base leaves , it is an easy plant to grow either potted or mounted with bright light and regular waterings and blooms in the spring on a basal, arcuate, branched, 180cm long inflorescence that has many, glossy flowers. This species is often found in conjunction with ants and may benefit from their presence.
Found in the Lesser Antilles Islands of Martinique, Trinidad and St. Vincent at altitudes of sea-level to 200m as a medium sized, pseudobulbed, hot growing epiphyte with clustered to ovoid to suborbicular, laterally compressed, rugose with age pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several imbricating leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying 2 apical, oblong-ligulate, acute, conduplicate below into the petiole-like base leaves , it is an easy plant to grow either potted or mounted with bright light and regular waterings and blooms in the spring on a basal, arcuate, branched, 180cm long inflorescence that has many, glossy flowers. This species is often found in conjunction with ants and may benefit from their presence.
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15.000000, -61.000000, Lesser Antilles Islands of Martinique
10.691803, -61.222503, Trinidad
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Revision as of 15:40, 28 July 2009

Oncidium altissimum

Common Name: The Extremely High Oncidium
Scented: no
Light Requirements: partial sun
Temperature Requirements: hot
Blooms: spring
Flower Size: 2.5cm
Synonyms: Cymbidium altissimum Sw. 1799; *Epidendrum altissimum Jacq. 1760; Epidendrum crispum Lam. 1783; Oncidium forkelii Scheidw. 1842; Xeilyathum altissimum (Jacq.) Raf. 1837

Found in the Lesser Antilles Islands of Martinique, Trinidad and St. Vincent at altitudes of sea-level to 200m as a medium sized, pseudobulbed, hot growing epiphyte with clustered to ovoid to suborbicular, laterally compressed, rugose with age pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several imbricating leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying 2 apical, oblong-ligulate, acute, conduplicate below into the petiole-like base leaves , it is an easy plant to grow either potted or mounted with bright light and regular waterings and blooms in the spring on a basal, arcuate, branched, 180cm long inflorescence that has many, glossy flowers. This species is often found in conjunction with ants and may benefit from their presence.

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