Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Oncidium hyphaematicum
dama danzante, the translucent red oncidium, dancing lady orchid
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Oncidium
Species
hyphaematicum
Taxon category: Accepted
Order changed from Orchidales to Asparagales (updated by: J.Villalba 2022).
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2005
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Dodson, C.H. Bennett, D.E. (1989) Orchids of Peru. Icon. Pl. Trop. Series II. Fascicle 1–2: 1–200.
- Dodson, C.H. (2003) Oncidium - Restrepiopsis. Nat. Ecuad. Orch. 4: 665–883.
- Dodson, C.H. Dodson, P.M. (1980) Orchids of Ecuador. Icon. Pl. Trop. 1: 1–100.
- Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Oncidium hyphaematicum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2078. Accessed 4 November 2026.