oncidopsis papageno

[danjdob]

ok so i bought this plant on ebay the tag reads oncodopsis papageno "mi amour" very pretty miltonia like flowers that are whitish profusely spotted with pink and a soft orange center on the lip...(you can google it to see a photo, i dont have the upload thing figured out yet...the file attatchment is below)



it has one large psudobulb and one large new growth and what appeared to be a bunch of dead roots, i repotted it in a tarricotta orchid pot with a mixture of med grade coconut husk chips and some sphagnum moss dampened in a super thrive solution ,...i was concerned about the roots but i left them on without trimming them...ive been keeping it in a make shift humidity box/ mini green house out on my balconey...its no longer in the box (solitary confinement..lol)

fortunately i discovered today that the roots are alive, i removed it from the pot to see if there was any root growth and there were a number of new growing root ends splitting off the older root system (whew!!)...

my question is, the seller recomended intermediate tempratures, but i dont get enough light indoors and i fear that if i bring it inside it will die like every other plant does....outside on my balconey it gets morning filtered sun till around 11 am then its in shade (when i say shade its not really that shady, there seems to be alot of bright reflected light comming in from the street)...but it very warm...easily in the 90s i live in zone 9b....does anyone have any suggestions...are lower light levels ok for this orchid? is it tolerant of higher temps ? it seems to be ok so far, outside...but its only been a month.

[Ray]

I would guess - and that's all it is - that it would do better cooler and shady, than bright and warm.

The species in its background are all low-to-medium light level plants.