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Gomesa flexuosa

Dancing lady orchid

A small epiphytic dancing-lady orchid from the Atlantic Forest of eastern and southern Brazil, formerly Oncidium flexuosum. It has flattened pseudobulbs on a climbing rhizome and long, wiry, branched sprays of many small yellow flowers marked with brown. It grows on tree branches at forest edges and in open, disturbed woodland, so it wants bright light, warmth, humid air and fast-drying roots.

Gomesa flexuosa
Photo: J. Curtis del., Weddel sc., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Herbarium labels mostly describe an epiphyte on trunks and branches, often at forest edges, in secondary or disturbed forest, in high restinga and in the interior of dense and mixed (Araucaria) Atlantic Forest. Several labels call it heliophilous, a light-lover. Some plants grow on rocks, fallen branches or even as terrestrials in seasonally wet grassland.

Wild records span 0–1820 m, median 500 m. Most are lowland to submontane Atlantic Forest, with a few from montane Araucaria forest and hilltops.

Brazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastBrazil SouthParaguayArgentina NortheastArgentina Northwest

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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