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Orchid Species: Lophiaris wittii

Kew currently accepted name is Trichocentrum cepula

Lophiaris wittii is an orchid species identified by (Oppenheim) Braem in 1993. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Trichocentrum cepula.
Genus
Lophiaris (Lop.)
Grex
wittii
Parents
Species
Author
(Oppenheim) Braem
Year
1993
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ORIGIN: Found from Surinam, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru at elevations of 180 to 500 meters in tropical wet forests.

DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, hot growing epiphyte with hidden pseudobulbs carrying a single, terete, grooved, stiff, acute to obtuse, green to reddish green leaf that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, twisting, racemose to paniculate, 6 to 8 [15 to 20 cm] long, few to several flowered inflorescence.

FLOWER SIZE: 0.8 inches [2 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Trichocentrum Trt cepula 2012 (Hoffmanns.) J.M.H.Shaw
Add+ Cohniella Coh osteniana 1999 (Schltr.) Christenson
Add+ Cohniella Coh pongratziana 2000 (Königer) Königer
Add+ Cohniella Coh wittii 2001 (Oppenheim) Senghas in F.R.R.Schlechter
Add+ Oncidium Onc glaziovii 1906 Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.)
Add+ Oncidium Onc ostenianum 1925 Schltr.
Add+ Oncidium Onc sepula 1843 Hoffmanns.
Add+ Oncidium Onc wittii 1916 Oppenheim
Add+ Stilifolium Stil ostenianum 1997 (Schltr.) Königer & D.Pongratz
Add+ Stilifolium Stil pongratzianum 1999 Königer
Add+ Stilifolium Stil wittii 1997 (Oppenheim) Königer & D.Pongratz
Add+ Trichocentrum Trt ostenianum 2001 (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Add+ Trichocentrum Trt pongratzianum 2001 (Königer) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Add+ Trichocentrum Trt wittii 2001 (Oppenheim) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Add+ Oncidium Onc cepula 1843 Hoffmanns.
Add+ Cohniella Coh cepula 2010 (Hoffmanns.) Carnevali & G.A.Romero
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Onc. sprucei 'Omaha' (1990) Onc. sprucei 'Orchidglade II' (1978) Onc. sprucei 'Elizabeth Ann' (1973) Onc. sprucei 'Fantasia' (1962)
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