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Oncidium hinnus

Oncidium ×hinnus, the former Odontoglossum ×hinnus, is a natural hybrid between Odontoglossum-group species from Ecuador. Like its parents it should be treated as a cool cloud forest epiphyte; the warm climate point in the data is not representative.

Oncidium hinnus
Photo: Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets 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

A natural hybrid arising where parent odontoglossums grow together on mossy branches in Andean cloud forest.

Unknown; Ecuadorian odontoglossums grow mostly between about 1,800 and 3,000 m.

Ecuador

🔒 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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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.