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Oncidium cirrhosum

An Andean Oncidium (formerly Odontoglossum cirrhosum) of Ecuadorian and southern Colombian cloud forest, best known for its star-shaped white flowers spotted brown with curled, tendril-like tips. Records sit at 1450-2600 m, mostly around 2000 m, in the Mindo-Bellavista area and other western-slope forests.

Oncidium cirrhosum
Photo: Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817—1911), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Observations come from cloud forest on the Andean slopes of Pichincha, Imbabura, Carchi, Azuay and Napo, including Bellavista and San Miguel de los Bancos. It grows as an epiphyte in misty montane forest.

Recorded at 1450-2600 m, median about 2000 m.

ColombiaEcuador

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.