Tolumnia variegata

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Tolumnia variegata']

English: Harlequin dancing-lady orchid
español: Angelito, Angelitos

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Oncidiinae • Genus: Tolumnia • Species: Tolumnia variegata (Sw.) Braem (1986)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Epidendrum variegatum Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 122 (1788)
Homotypic synonyms
- Cymbidium variegatum (Sw.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 74 (1799)
- Oncidium variegatum (Sw.) Sw., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 240 (1800)
Heterotypic synonyms
- Epidendrum carinatum Vahl in H.West, Bidr. Beskr. Ste Croix: 303 (1793)
- Oncidium velutinum Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1: 166 (1851)
- Oncidium leiboldii Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 718 (1863)
- Oncidium variegatum var. velutinum (Lindl. & Paxton) Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub.: 266 (1866)
- Epidendrum haseltonianum A.D.Hawkes, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 18: 176 (1957)
- Oncidium leiboldii var. album Moir & A.D.Hawkes, Phytologia 15: 10 (1967)
- Oncidium leiboldii var. majus Moir & A.D.Hawkes, Phytologia 15: 10 (1967)
- Oncidium variegatum var. purpureum Moir & A.D.Hawkes, Phytologia 17: 426 (1968)
- Oncidium variegatum var. roseum Moir & A.D.Hawkes, Phytologia 17: 426 (1968)
- Oncidium caymanense Moir, Phytologia 19: 53 (1969)
- Oncidium furcyense Moir, Phytologia 19: 54 (1969)
- Oncidium cubense Moir, Phytologia 23: 458 (1972)
- Oncidium varvelum Moir, Phytologia 23: 459 (1972)
- Oncidium velutinum var. purpureum Moir, Phytologia 23: 457 (1972)
- Oncidium variegatum f. album (Moir & A.D.Hawkes) Withner, Orchid Digest 44: 93 (1980)
- Oncidium variegatum f. furcyense (Moir) Withner, Orchid Digest 44: 93 (1980)
- Oncidium variegatum subsp. leiboldii (Rchb.f.) Withner, Orchid Digest 44: 93 (1980)
- Oncidium variegatum f. majus (Moir & A.D.Hawkes) Withner, Orchid Digest 44: 93 (1980)
- Oncidium variegatum f. purpureum (Moir) Withner, Orchid Digest 44: 93 (1980)
- Oncidium variegatum f. roseum (Moir & A.D.Hawkes) Withner, Orchid Digest 44: 93 (1980)
- Oncidium variegatum f. varvelum (Moir) Withner, Orchid Digest 44: 93 (1980)
- Oncidium variegatum subsp. velutinum (Lindl. & Paxton) Withner, Orchid Digest 44: 93 (1980)
- Tolumnia caymanensis (Moir) Braem, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 37: 58 (1986)
- Tolumnia leiboldii (Rchb.f.) Braem, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 37: 58 (1986)
- Tolumnia velutina (Lindl. & Paxton) Braem, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 37: 59 (1986)
- Tolumnia borinquinensis Sauleda & Ragan, Orchid Digest 60: 185 (1996)

Flowers[edit]

Tolumnia variegata
Tolumnia variegata
Tolumnia variegata

Botanical illustrations[edit]

Tolumnia variegata
plate 33 in first Edition:
J. Lindley & J. Paxton:
Paxton's Flower Garden
(Orchidaceae)
(1850-1853)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico.