Oncidium varicosum var. baldwin

[pheli]

The variety is well-known for its color contrast. My plant is too young now and has few flowers on the spike. Hope it will have good performance next time.

[Frdemetr]

Hi Pheli!

Congrats! Oncidium varicosum is usualy hard to grow and it's a very demanding plant; It likes to be mounted or to grow in living trees.
Name correction: 'Baldin' (not Baldwin) is the clonal name, not variety name; the correct name would be Oncidium varicosum var. rogersii 'Baldin' (after Felício Baldin, who discovered this clonal variety in the nature; Baldin found a single plant in Serra do Japi, São Paulo, and it was cloned in Japan; Eric Christenson considered it a different species and named it Oncidium insigne)

[pheli]

Thanks for the information, Frederico.
As a matter of fact, I killed a plant of Onc. varicosum last year. The plant turned brown and then died in several days after a typhoon hit here.
I will pay much attention to this plant. Hope it does well here.

[nenella]

I love it! Beautiful Colours Pheli! and very interesting to read it's history - Thanks Frederico! It's on my 'wish list'

[Bolero]

The intensity of the colouring is fantastic! If you get a bigger display of flowers next time it will be very impressive.

[dgenovese1]

Pheli,

This guy just found his way onto my wish list.

It's beautiful, and I appreciate your post!