Friday, June 10, 2011

Oncidium flower

 
 
Oncidium name comes from the Greek word that means the bearings are Onkos which refers to the part of interest that thick fleshy lips. Oncidium Swartz described by O in 1800. Oncidium orchid genera one species that comes from the plains of America and grows in tropical and subtropical habitats. Growth form simpodial. Oncidium orchids are also included very rapid growth, usually new pseudobulbs will emerge if the treatment is in accordance with what he wanted.
Generally, the commonly cultivated Oncidium is a hybrid with the form: - Who have pseudobulbs leafy oval and there are soft (soft-leave). Oncidium leaves such as grasses or sometimes a small band that came out soaring upwards from the top of pseudobulbs and flower stalk length varies between 15-100 cm will emerge from the base of the pseudobulbs, bunches of flowers have many petals at 40 and 50 flowers which flower measuring approximately 3 -4 cm. 
- A leafy like the pencil. Cylindrical-shaped leaves and thick or resemble pencil. Oncidium type has a relationship with the size and manner similar to soft-leaved Oncidium. This type rarely found in the market. - Oncidium single leaved pale green (sometimes decorated with red spots or gray), the width and thickness (mule-eared) with a very short pseudobulbs and leaf sheath closed. Leaf width of about 30-40 cm. Interest earned is generally quite large. 
 

Oncidium orchid planting medium to use charcoal or fern-sized chopped finely enough to dreinase good because Oncidium hybrid less like excessive watering to create a pool of water. 
Providing a complete fertilizer npk just like other orchid Oncidium support for growth. Use a fertilizer high P levels during flowering, and the high nitrogen levels in its infancy. In addition may also use slow-release fertilizer because fertilizer is not fast till late to adjust the nutritional needs of trees with the long term.
The disease is often found in Oncidium is stem rot, stem rot and root rot. This is usually caused by the bacterium Erwinia sp due to poor air circulation and spraying of excessive and unfavorable drainase. To fix this do the spraying with Captan.
Leaf spot caused by Acidovorax cattleya cattleya or Pseudomanas attack sometimes appear too like Miltonia Oncidium relatives, Odontocidium and Odontoglossum. To fix this you can use the Copper-based fungicides sulfate.

 

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