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Cycnoches loddigesii

Cycnoches loddigesii
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0

Cycnoches loddigesii is a Neotropical epiphytic orchid with pseudobulbs, known for its unusual swan-neck flowers. It is grown as a warm-climate orchid mounted on bark or in a fast-draining epiphytic mix, and needs bright light and good air movement.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the medium is nearly dry, reducing in winter, and avoid water sitting in the growth.
Soil
Coarse epiphytic mix of bark and perlite, or mounted on a slab or cork.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 15 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cycnoches loddigesii is a species of orchid. It is the type species of the genus Cycnoches.

Other Cycnoches plants

Cycnoches egertonianum · Cycnoches haagii · Cycnoches pentadactylon · Cycnoches ventricosum · Swan Orchids

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cycnoches loddigesii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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