Oncidium

Oncidium Swartz 1800

Type Species: Oncidium altissimum Swartz

Tribe: CYMBIDIEAE

Subtribe: ONCIDIINAE

Pronunciation: on-SID-ee-um

Temperature: W.I.C.

Country: Florida, Mexico, Carribean Islands, South America

A large genus with around 330 known species which are mostly epiphytes, although some are lithophytes and occasionally terrestrials.

There are a huge number of hybrids within the
Oncidium genus as well as intergeneric hybrids with other genera in the ONCIDIINAE.