 After having found its species scattered in Oncidium and several other genera, recently Cyrtochilum received notable acceptance by botanists, primarily based on the molecular discoveries made by Williams and Chase, as well as morphological analyses carried out by Stig Dalström.DNA samples illustrate that Oncidium ochmatochilum Rchb.f.and several other species have only a diluted connection with the core of the Oncidium species.