Oncidium sotoanum
A compact epiphytic Oncidium from the humid mountain forests of southern Mexico and northern Central America, long grown under the name Oncidium ornithorhynchum. In autumn and winter it produces dense, arching sprays of small, fragrant pink to purple (occasionally white) flowers with a yellow crest and a beak-shaped column. It wants bright light, cool nights and a cooler, drier winter rest.
Where it grows wild
Epiphytic on trees in humid forest and montane rain forest, from the Pacific slope uplands into the mountains. It grows in bright positions and experiences a clear dry, cool season.
Recorded elevations are 581–2,769 m, median 1,433 m; culture notes give about 650–1,700 m. It is an intermediate-to-cool mountain plant.
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