This very popular species has been known for almost two hundred years as Oncidium ornithorhynchum, collected by Humboldt and Bonpland, and described by Kunth in Nova Genera et Species Plantarum 1:345 (1816). But, like many others in recent years, it has undergone a name change.

Text: Harry Zelenko and Gab van Winkel, painting: Harry Zelenko
Harry Zelenko: zzz @ uio.satnet.net Gab van Winkel: gab.vanwinkel @ gmail.com Ron Parsons: flowershots @ hotmail.com
OS1dhwSqwj
OS2
reserve
117-Oncidium-sotoanum