Otoglossum
Sign in to saveOtoglossum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to South America and Central America.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyOrchidaceae
Native toBolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela
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- Oncidiinae
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Otoglossum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to South America and Central America.
==Description== They are plants of ovoid pseudobulbs spaced in long, along a creeping or ascending upward rhizomes, with thick and tanned leathery leaves. The inflorescence is axillary, racemosa, erect, starting from the sheaths of the pseudobulbs, racemous, erect, with many rather large and wavy or curly, rounded flowers.