One thousand forty-four flowers on 12 upright inflorescences with short branches; pseudobulbs ovate, flattened laterally, with distinct vertical black markings; two foliaceous sheathes; one lanceolate leaf; ovary sheathed by translucent bract; flowers star shaped, non resupinate, yellow; sepals with two red longitudinal bars; petals with crescent shaped red at base and two red spots midlength; lip 3 lobed, lateral lobes minute, midlobe trapezoid, callus large, orange; column upright; substance firm; texture matte.
Oncidium tsubotae Königer, Arcula 6: 168 (1996). This name is accepted.
PNW
Oncidiumtsubotae, Award 20131948, has been confirmed to be Oncidiumtsubotae by SITF (April 2013).