A NOTABLE EXTENSION OF RANGE OF 
EPIDENDRUM ONCIDIOI[IDES 
var. GRAVIDUM 
BY 
CHARLES SCHWEINFURTH 
Iris interesting to report the occurrence in the West 
Indies of Hpidendrum oneidioides Lindl. var. gravidum 
(Lindl.) A., H. & S. 
The first West Indian collection of this widespread 
Central American form is here recorded from Cuba, 
Province of Oriente, Loma del Gato, September 1935, 
Julian Acuna s.n. 
A second West Indian collection of this plant is from 
Puerto Rico. It is recorded from Maricao, growing on 
astump, June 1939, 4.G. Kevorhian 6177. The flowers 
are noted as being yellowish-green but do not expand at 
this station. In this latter particular they resemble those 
of the type of H.gravidum Lindl. which was collected 
in Mexico. 
Epidendrum oncidioides was described from Brazil, 
but has been recorded from various parts of South and 
Central America and from Cuba. 
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