Oncidium Alliance

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While the Oncidium Alliance is part of the Cymbidieae tribe, it does not cross pollinate or hybridize with many of the other alliances or genera within that tribe. This page and "alliance" for our website will include the members of the subtribe Oncidiinae. The genera of this subtribe are: Aspasia, Brassia, Caluera, Capanemia, Caucaea, Centroglossa, Chytroglossa, Cischweinfia, Comparettia, Cuitlauzina, Cypholoron, Cyrtochiloides, Cyrtochilum, Dunstervillea, Eloyella, Erycina, Fernandezia, Gomesa, Grandiphyllum, Hintonella, Hofmeisterella, Ionopsis, Leochilus, Lockhartia, Macradenia, Macroclinium, Miltonia, Miltoniopsis, Notylia, Notyliopsis, Oliveriana, Oncidium, Ornithocephalus, Otoglossum, Phymatidium, Platyrhiza, Plectrophora, Polyotidium, Psychopsiella (sometimes included in Psychopsis), Psychopsis, Pterostemma, Quekettia, Rauhiella, Rhynchostele, Rodriguezia, Rossioglossum, Sanderella, Saundersia, Schunkea, Seegeriella, Solenidium, Suarezia, Sutrina, Systeloglossum, Telipogon, Thysanoglossa, Tolumnia, Trichocentrum, Trichoceros, Trichopilia, Trizeuxis, Vitekorchis, Warmingia, Zelenkoa, Zygostates.

Species within this group can be found from Florida through Mexico, Central and mid to northern South America in many different types of environments. Make sure that you find information on each genera and even each species for best growing.

This alliance is part of the tribe Cymbidieae which also contains the Cymbidium alliance, Stanhopea alliance, Catasetum alliance, Eulophia alliance, Cytropodium alliance, Maxillaria alliance, and Zygopetalum alliance. Most of these alliances can not be cross pollinated, some can. We are separating the subtribes into their own alliances.