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Oncidium

Oncidium aurarium

Author Rchb.f.

Species 1 award
Simple World Map Author: Al MacDonald Editor: Fritz Lekschas License: CC BY-SA 3.0 ID: ISO 3166-1 or "_[a-zA-Z]" if an ISO code is not available
Found in 2 countries
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How to grow Oncidium Care guide from the American Orchid Society

Growing conditions

Intermediate Temperature class
11°C Day/night drop
1,095mm Annual rainfall
Moderate Rainfall pattern

Temperature

11°S Southern Hemisphere
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec8°13°18°23°28°
Day high Night low Range across populations

Rainfall

1,095mm/year
050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmm
Jan 27° 22–29 17° 12–20 141mm
Feb 27° 22–29 16° 12–19 127mm
Mar 26° 22–29 15° 12–19 120mm
Apr 25° 22–28 14° 12–18 98mm
May 24° 22–29 12° 11–17 73mm
Jun 23° 21–28 12° 11–17 71mm
Jul 23° 20–28 11° 11–16 60mm
Aug 24° 21–29 12° 11–16 49mm
Sep 26° 22–29 14° 11–17 62mm
Oct 27° 23–29 15° 11–18 80mm
Nov 27° 24–30 16° 11–19 98mm
Dec 27° 23–29 16° 11–19 116mm

Seasons are reversed for Northern Hemisphere growers.

Limited data - 9 locations

Bloom Season

Based on 48 Oncidium awards. Showing genus-level data.

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Awards

Photo: Australian Orchid Council
HCC / AOC 2008 'Concord'
77.70 points Exhibited by Siew K. NSW 10 October 2008
Measurements
Flower size 49.5 × 45.6 mm Petals 23.7 × 9.9 mm Dorsal sepal 21.2 × 8.6 mm Lateral sepals 25.4 × 7.1 mm Lip 18.1 × 14.8 mm
156 flowers 1 bud

Petals yellow 2D. Sepals yellow 2D, blotched greyed orange 165A. Labellum white 155C, darkening at tips to yellow 2D, blotched greyed orange 165A. One branched inflorescence, 156 flowers/ 1 bud. Stem 1500.

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Hybrids from Oncidium aurarium

As seed parent

Aliceara Glacial Trill × Aliceara Tahoma Glacier
Oncidesa Buckden Pike × Oncidium forbesii
Oncidium Almirante × Oncidium Marning
Oncidium Dolly Hand × Oncidium Colon
Oncidium Gulf Stream × Oncidium Actrix
Oncidium Honiton Lace × Oncidium Carisette
Oncidium Karla Krieger × Oncidium Marko Holm
Oncidium Katrin Ruelfs × Oncidium Feuerkugel
Oncidium Mariella Röhrl × Oncidium Golden Halls
Oncidium Tribbles × Oncidium nobile

As pollen parent

Aliceara Toy Soldiers Aliceara Flying High 1987 ×
Brassidium Black Valentine Brassidium Chuckanut Island ×
Miltonidium Warbler Miltonia Anne Warne ×
Oncidesa Jungle Leopard Oncidium sarcodes ×
Oncidium Bali Dancer Oncidium hyphaematicum ×
Oncidium Big Try Oncidium Big Mac ×
Oncidium Long Trail Oncidium wydleri ×
Oncidium Seminole Drums Oncidium Camino Dorado ×
Oncidium Tri-Mac Oncidium maculatum ×
Oncidium Tricolore Oncidium noezlianum ×
Oncidopsis Fire Engine Oncidopsis Living Fire ×
Oncostele Kramer Island Oncostele Memoria Sarah Jesup ×

Synonyms

Collare-stuartense aurariumOdontoglossum aurariumOdontoglossum mapirienseOdontoglossum trilobumOncidium trilobum

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