Orchidaceae
Harlequin dancing-lady orchid
Tolumnia variegata
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Tolumnia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Harlequin dancing-lady orchid
- Spanish
- Angelito, Angelitos
Synonyms
- Cymbidium variegatum (Sw.) Sw.
- Epidendrum carinatum Vahl
- Epidendrum haseltonianum A.D.Hawkes
- Epidendrum variegatum Sw.
- Oncidium caymanense Moir
- Oncidium cubense Moir
- Oncidium furcyense Moir
- Oncidium leiboldii Rchb.f.
- Oncidium leiboldii var. album Moir & A.D.Hawkes
- Oncidium leiboldii var. majus Moir & A.D.Hawkes
- Oncidium variegatum (Sw.) Sw.
- Oncidium variegatum f. album (Moir & A.D.Hawkes) Withner
- Oncidium variegatum f. furcyense (Moir) Withner
- Oncidium variegatum f. majus (Moir & A.D.Hawkes) Withner
- Oncidium variegatum f. purpureum (Moir) Withner
- Oncidium variegatum f. roseum (Moir & A.D.Hawkes) Withner
- Oncidium variegatum f. varvelum (Moir) Withner
- Oncidium variegatum subsp. leiboldii (Rchb.f.) Withner
- Oncidium variegatum subsp. velutinum (Lindl. & Paxton) Withner
- Oncidium variegatum var. purpureum Moir & A.D.Hawkes
- Oncidium variegatum var. roseum Moir & A.D.Hawkes
- Oncidium variegatum var. velutinum (Lindl. & Paxton) Griseb.
- Oncidium varvelum Moir
- Oncidium velutinum Lindl. & Paxton
- Oncidium velutinum var. purpureum Moir
- Tolumnia borinquinensis Sauleda & Ragan
- Tolumnia caymanensis (Moir) Braem
- Tolumnia leiboldii (Rchb.f.) Braem
- Tolumnia velutina (Lindl. & Paxton) Braem
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Harlequin dancing-lady orchid: Tolumnia variegata [泰國清邁花展 Royal Flora Ratchaphruek, Thailand]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Tolumnia_variegata_-%E6%B3%B0%E5%9C%8B%E6%B8%85%E9%82%81%E8%8A%B1%E5%B1%95_Royal_Flora_Ratchaphruek%2C_Thailand-_%289255175012%29.jpg/1280px-Tolumnia_variegata_-%E6%B3%B0%E5%9C%8B%E6%B8%85%E9%82%81%E8%8A%B1%E5%B1%95_Royal_Flora_Ratchaphruek%2C_Thailand-_%289255175012%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: botanygirl, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Kingdon, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wich’yanan, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: botanygirl, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.