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Oncidium mulus

Oncidium ×mulus is a natural hybrid described by Reichenbach in Odontoglossum, from the Colombian Andes where several cool-growing odontoglossums meet. There are no wild records with coordinates, so its conditions are taken from its cool cloud-forest parent group: cool days, cold nights and constant humidity.

At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

A natural hybrid between cool-growing epiphytic Odontoglossum-group species in Colombian montane cloud forest; no habitat is recorded for the hybrid itself.

No records; the parent group in Colombia grows mainly at about 2000–3000 m.

Colombia

🔒 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.