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Colin Mills, compiler of the Hortus Camdenensis, died in late November 2012 after a short illness. As he always considered the Hortus his legacy, it is his family's intention to keep the site running in perpetuity. It will not, however, be updated in the near future.

Oncidium cavendishianum Batem.

Frost-tender epiphytic orchid with small pseudobulbs, each with 1 lance-shaped, rigid leaf, to 45cm long, and panicles, to 1.5m or more tall, of fragrant, waxy, yellow flowers, to 4cm across, with red spots and yellow lips, in spring.  To 60cm.  [RHSE, Pridgeon, Hortus, Jennings].

Horticultural & Botanical History

‘A noble species imported from Mexico, and inferior to O. lanceanum in the colours and fragrance of its flowers alone.’  The latter is a species collected by Parkinson for the Duke of Bedford.  [MB p.45/1839].  BM t.3807/1840.

History at Camden Park

Listed in the 1850 and 1857 catalogues [O.42/1850].  Requested from Loddiges’ Nursery on 1st February, 1849 [MP A2933-1, p.185] and obtained from them, brought out from England by Captain P. P. King in that year.  [ML A1980-3]. 

Notes

Published Jan 26, 2010 - 03:09 PM | Last updated Jan 26, 2010 - 03:15 PM

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Figured is the lance-shaped leaf and raceme of small, yellow, red-spotted flowers. Curtis's Botanical Magazine t.3807, 1840.

Oncidium cavendishianum Batem. | BM t.3807/1840 | BHL

Family Orchidaceae
Category
Region of origin

Central America
Synonyms
  • Oncidium pachyphyllum Hook.
  • Lophiaris pachyphylla (Hook.) R.Jiménez & Carnevali
  • Trichocentrum pachyphyllum (Hook.) R.Jiménez & Carnevali 
Common Name
Name in the Camden Park Record

Oncidium Cavendishianum 
Confidence level high