Tolumnia arizajuliana (Withner & J.Jiménez Alm.) Ackerman 1997 Photo by Rudolf Jenny and The Swiss Orchid Foundation a tthe Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Plant and Flowers Photo by Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation a tthe Jany Renz Herbaria Website

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Common Name Luis Ariz Julia's Tolumnia Dominican Orchid Enthusiast current

Flower Size .7" [1.7 cm]

Found in Dominican Republic in humid montane forests at elevations around 1200 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with an oval, small, prominent pseduobulb carrying a fan of linear to oblanceolate, more or less sickle shaped, serrated margined, narrowing below into the thin petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter and spring on a flattened, erect to somewhat spreading, 3.3 [8'5 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Braasiella arizajuliana (Withner & J.Jiménez Alm.) Braem, Lückel & M.Rüssmann 1984; *Oncidium arizajulianum Withner & J.Jiménez Alm. 1967

References W3 Tropicos Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 37 #3 Withner & Jimenez 1967 as Oncidium arizae drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997 as Braasiella arizajuliana drawing/photo fide; Orchid Species Culture Oncidium/Odontoglossum Bakers 2006 as Braasiella arizajuliana

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