Zns. Cynosure 'Alba' culture and care ???'s

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This is an intergeneric hybrid between a Zygopetalum and an Aganisia cyanea (aka Acacalis cyanea).

I have grown a Zygopetalum before, and I currently own an Aganisia (Acacalis) cyanea.

Your plant displays physical characteristics that are very similar to an Aganisia (Acacalis) cyanea.

1. It looks like it needs some water. The pseudobulbs are very wrinkled, and it really shouldn't look like that.

2. The parent plant, Aganisia (Acacalis) cyanea, loves water, in general, but it also needs a fair amount of air circulation to the roots.

3. Because of the Aganisia (Acacalis) cyanea parentage, this plant will most likely display some sort of seasonal behavior that may baffle you. It likes it very wet during the spring and summers, but in the falls and winters, they still should be watered, but less often.

4. It likes a fair amount of humidity - (no lower than 60% is adequate, 80% is closer to being ideal).

5. Your hybrid is a low light to medium light growing orchid.

6. It is also an intermediate to warm growing orchid (60 F - 95 F).

7. Just like many epiphytical orchids, the roots are capable of photosynthesis.

8. Blooming season, just as you're witnessing is some time in late winter and early spring.

9. It is fragrant. Both parents are fragrant. These two genera are known for their fragrance, so fragrance is a dominant genetic characteristic of this plant.


As a side note, I think the physical characteristics this plant got from the Zygopetalum part of the cross is the size of the flowers, and the size of the vegetation. Most of this hybrid's traits are dominant for the genes of Aganisia (Acacalis) cyanea. Acacalis cyanea is a miniature orchid, btw.