Oncidium laeve

A large Mexican and Guatemalan Oncidium, formerly Odontoglossum laeve, with tall branched spikes of barred brown-and-yellow flowers. It grows mostly around 1500–2500 m in the Chiapas highlands and Soconusco and does well in intermediate conditions with cool winter nights and a drier winter.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night A clear drop at nightTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte of humid pine-oak and montane cloud forest on the Pacific slope and central highlands of Chiapas and western Guatemala, growing on trunks and branches in bright, broken light.

Recorded at 211–3098 m, median 2014 m (49 records); most records lie near 2000 m in the Soconusco highlands.

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🔒 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 CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.