| Species
Name: Oncidium lanceanum |
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Flower
Colour and Size: |
Sepals and petals base colour is shades of olive green with fine brown spotting. Lips have varying shades from pale lilac to bright mauve. |
Flowering
Period: |
October to May | |
General
Description: |
Epiphyte with broad leathery leaves up to 40 cm. in length closely spaced on a creeping rhizome. Flower spike with 5 to 30 flowers emerges from the center of the leaf. For botanical description see Native Orchids of Trinidad and Tobago Schultes | |
Habitat: |
Tall immortelle trees in swampy areas on the south western peninsula of Trinidad from sea level to 100 metres. | |
Common
Name: |
Cedros Bee | |
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