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Oncidium dichromaticum

Oncidium dichromaticum
Photo: Stanvet04, CC BY-SA 3.0

Oncidium dichromaticum is a pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from the Andes region, growing on trees in humid forest from low to mid altitudes. Give it bright, humid conditions and a rest period after flowering.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water thoroughly when the medium is nearly dry, and let the pseudobulbs stay plump; reduce watering in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining epiphytic orchid mix such as bark or chunky sphagnum.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Costa Rica to Colombia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Oncidium dichromaticum is a species of orchid native to 20–1500 m altitude of the Andes Mountains region of Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.

Other Oncidium plants

Dancing Lady Orchid · Curled Oncidium · Wydler's dancing-lady orchid · Oncidium baueri · Oncidium blandum · Oncidium cheirophorum · Oncidium cinnamomeum · Oncidium cirrhosum · Oncidium citrinum · Oncidium constrictum · Oncidium crocidipterum · Oncidium cruentoides

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oncidium dichromaticum 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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