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Oncidium massangei

Oncidium massangei is a small pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from Colombia, grown for its flowers and treated like other warm-growing oncidiums. Success comes from bright light, a cool-to-warm humid environment, and careful watering that lets the mix dry between waterings.

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

About

Oncidium massangei is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae, endemic to Colombia. It was first described by Charles Jacques Édouard Morren in 1877.

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 massangei 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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