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Curled oncidium

Oncidium alexandrae (Bateman) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams

Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Oncidium

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Curled oncidium: An epiphyte endemic to the Colombian highlands. Also known as Odontoglossum crispum. Photo from Colombia. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/orchids
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
Chinese
齿舌兰, 瘤瓣兰, 瘤瓣蘭
English
Curled oncidium, Curled odontoglossum
Lithuanian
Garbanotoji liežuvė

Synonyms

  • Odontoglossum alexandrae Bateman
  • Odontoglossum alexandrae var. cooksonii B.S.Williams & T.Moore
  • Odontoglossum alexandrae var. flaveolum (Rchb.f.) B.S.Williams & T.Moore
  • Odontoglossum alexandrae var. giganteum F.Buyss.
  • Odontoglossum alexandrae var. guttatum Hook.f.
  • Odontoglossum alexandrae var. outramii B.S.Williams
  • Odontoglossum alexandrae var. stevensii B.S.Williams & T.Moore
  • Odontoglossum alexandrae var. trianae Hook.f.
  • Odontoglossum alexandrae var. warneri F.Buyss.
  • Odontoglossum alexandrae var. wilsonii B.S.Williams
  • Odontoglossum bluntii Rchb.f.
  • Odontoglossum crispum Lindl.
  • Odontoglossum crispum f. flaveolum Rchb.f.
  • Odontoglossum crispum f. hyperxanthum (Rchb.f.) Christenson
  • Odontoglossum crispum var. bluntii (Rchb.f.) Stein
  • Odontoglossum crispum var. chestertonii A.H.Kent
  • Odontoglossum crispum var. flaveolum Rchb.f.
  • Odontoglossum crispum var. hyperxanthum Rchb.f.
  • Odontoglossum crispum var. latranum Bosschere
  • Odontoglossum crispum var. lehmannii Rchb.f.
  • Odontoglossum crispum var. lyntanthum F.Lehm.
  • Odontoglossum crispum var. plumatum B.S.Williams
  • Odontoglossum crispum var. reginae F.A.Philbrick
  • Odontoglossum crispum var. trianae (Hook.f.) L.Linden & Rodigas
  • Odontoglossum crispum var. wolstenholmiae Rchb.f.
  • Odontoglossum crispum var. wrigleyanum B.S.Williams
  • Odontoglossum edithiae R.Warner
  • Odontoglossum latimaculatum Linden
  • Odontoglossum reichenbachianum F.Lehm.
  • Odontoglossum warocqueanum Linden & L.Linden
  • Oncidium alexandrae f. hyperxanthum (Rchb.f.) J.M.H.Shaw

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.