Scientific/Botanical Name:
Genus: Odontocidium,
Specie: hybridum
Variety/Cultivar:
English Name:
This is an "notho" genus- comprised of hybrids from the Odonloglossum and Oncidium genera.
Common Name:
Crowborough Orchid
Botanical Family:
Name in Latin: Orchidaceae
Name in English: The Orchid Family
The Plant
Origin: Artificial hybrid
Growth Habit: epiphytic, compressed pseudobulbs
Flower: showy yellow,-brown flowers with white lips
Blooming Period: autumn to winter and late spring
Leaf: elliptical - green. entire
Usage:
houseplant, Flowers last 5-7 weeks
Care and Handling
Soil: orchid media
Amount of water: reduce water in winter, regular watering - apex once a week.
Nutrition: Use orchid fertilizer every 2-3 weeks from spring until late summer
Special handling: Mist with water to provide humid environment around aerial roots. Intermediate temperature 10-25C Grow in bright but shaded position.
Special feature/remarks:
Many orchids formally classified as Colmanara have been reclassified as Odontocidium by the American Orchid Society