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01-28-2018, 12:25 PM
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Help identifying this orchid
My orchid came with no ID. To take proper care of it or the best that a beginner can provide, i would like to know what it is. I am thinking it’s a cambria. What do you think? Thanks
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01-28-2018, 12:30 PM
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I agree, it seems like a Cambria.
Care is the same as Oncidiums.
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01-28-2018, 12:54 PM
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Quote:
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I agree, it seems like a Cambria.
Care is the same as Oncidiums.
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Thank you, Rbarata!
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01-28-2018, 01:17 PM
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There is no such thing as a "cambria" type of orchid.
There is a registered hybrid, Vuylstekeara Cambria (now oncidiopsis), and anything that was an oncidium/miltoniopsis/etc. hybrid got colloquially called "cambria" by marketers in Europe.
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01-28-2018, 01:19 PM
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The main thing with these is not to let them get completely dry. They don't like to be soggy wet, either, but drying out for very long damages them.
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01-28-2018, 01:20 PM
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It's definitely an oncidium alliance intergeneric hybrid. Probably something along the lines of Odontocidium Tiger Crow.
Cambria is an unfortunate misnomer. Cambria is a specific intergeneric genus involving the genera Oncidium, Odontoglossum, Miltonia, Brassia, and Cochlioda. There are also a number of other intergeneric hybrids of other genera but which have some variation of Cambria in the hybrid name and other times it's incorporated into clonal names.
So, this orchid is unlikely to be a "Cambria" in any sense of that word.
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01-28-2018, 01:49 PM
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I thought when they say Cambria they mean it’s an inter generic hybrid. Or am I wrong ?
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01-28-2018, 01:53 PM
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"Cambria" is used in Europe as a generic term for intergeneric Oncidium hybrids. It came from a time back when the plant Ray mentioned hit the supermarkets and people were taken with the beauty of this kind of plant. The name of that one plant became a popular name for all of this kind of plant.
The term isn't used in the US. Here people say "Oncidiums" or "Oncidium intergeneric hybrids."
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01-28-2018, 01:58 PM
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In my understanding "Cambria" is what they call a complex oncidium orchid. It is made of several oncidium orchids: Odontoglossum, Cochlioda, Miltonia, Oncidium and Brassia. Breeders often mix orchids so they can live under regular "house" temperature and light situations, so it is hybridized to be easy care.
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01-28-2018, 02:09 PM
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Thank you, guys, for explaining
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