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Oncidium tripudians

Oncidium tripudians
Photo: Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817—1911), Public domain

Oncidium tripudians is a small pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from Colombia, grown for its showy flowers. Key to success is bright light, good air movement and mounting or potting in a free-draining medium with a dry rest between waterings.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Bulb
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water thoroughly when the medium is nearly dry, then let it dry out somewhat before the next watering; reduce water in winter.
Soil
Fine bark or a mix of bark and sphagnum in a well-draining pot, or mounted on cork or wood.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Colombia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Oncidium tripudians is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, endemic to Colombia. It was first described in 1852 as Odontoglossum spectatissimum.

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 tripudians 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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