How to raise Oncidium? is it easy to raise Oncidium?

Oncidium, also known as dancing orchid, dancing orchid, golden butterfly orchid, native to tropical rain forest, flower color diversity, long flowering period, let's go to see how Oncidium is cultivated.

Oncidium, also known as Dancing Orchid, Kingdee Orchid, Tumor Orchid, etc., is the general term for Oncidium plants in Orchidaceae. There are more than 750 native species of this genus in the world, and the varieties used commercially are mostly hybrid species. The plants are light and elegant, the flower stems are light and drooping, the flowers are strange and lovely, similar to flying butterflies, and they are very dynamic. It is one of the important potted flowers and cut flowers in the world.

Oncidium is native to the United States, Mexico, Guyana and Peru. Oncidium protophylla prefers warm environment, while Oncidium thin-leaf and sword-leaf prefer warm environment. Love cool weather.

Oncidium leaves 1-3, can be divided into thin leaf species, thick leaf species and sword leaf species. Generally, there is only one flower stem on a pseudobulb, and there may be two flower stems growing strongly. Some species have only 1-2 flowers on a flower stem, and some species can reach hundreds, such as dozens of flowers on a flower used as a cut flower, hundreds to hundreds of flowers on several branches, and their flowers are colorful, similar to flying golden butterflies, but also like dancing dancers, so it is also known as golden butterfly orchids or dancing orchids.

Oncidium flower color to yellow and brown, there are green, white, red and magenta, and so on, some of its size is very small such as mini Oncidium, some are very large, flower diameter can reach more than 12 cm. The structure of the flower is very special, its calyx sepals are equal in size, and the petals are almost equal to or slightly larger than the calyx; the labellum of the flower is usually trilobed, or large or small, fiddle-shaped, with a ridge-like protrusion at the base of the middle lobe, and a small raised spot on the ridge, which is quite strange, so it is named Tumulus Orchid.

The main points of cultivation of Oncidium include:

1. Cultivated materials In high temperature and wet places, tree ferns and fat-free hardwood trees are used to make boards, pots, etc., while in dry places, moss ferns and moss can be planted in porous pots.

2, daily management Oncidium requirements for the environment are generally not too strict, but the winter temperature should not be lower than 15 ° C, air humidity in the four seasons around 80%. Spring, summer, autumn three seasons need half shade environment, winter can give sufficient sunshine, but do not let it insolate in the hot summer sun.

Oncidium propagation multi-plant propagation method, generally just after the plant does not immediately water, when a little dry to spray some water leaves, such as new roots grow when watering, and then spray some average fertilizer, but the concentration can not be too high, generally 0.6% to 0.8%. In the process of curing water can not be poured too much, so easy to rot roots, should pay attention to ventilation and light transmission. If there are diseased strains, they should be destroyed in time and sprayed with some fungicides. The temperature and humidity of flowering period are not easy to be too high or too low, which will affect the life of flowers, shorten flowering period, and even appear bud drop or early wither phenomenon.

[Temperature management] Slow seedling stage, daytime temperature 25-28℃, night 23-25℃. After the new roots sprout, the temperature can be relaxed appropriately, but keeping the above temperature is beneficial to the growth of orchid seedlings. When the day and night temperature is (26-29℃)/(23-25℃) after the bulb grows mature, Oncidium can change from vegetative growth to reproductive growth.

[Humidity management] The relative humidity should be controlled at 60%-80%, the humidity of the newly planted seedlings should be about 80%, the humidity should not be too large or too small, too large is easy to infect diseases, too small is unfavorable for orchid growth. In the hot summer, spray water on the ground, platform and leaves around the plant to increase air humidity, and maintain good ventilation, otherwise it will lead to poor plant growth and perishable pseudobulbs.

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