This orchid species from the genus Gomesa is endemic to eastern Brazil and north-eastern Argentina near the coast at elevations around 400 meters; this is a miniature warm to cool temps culture, best grown in moderate shade. (1) It is suggested to mount this plant on a slab of tree fern, but I inherited this in a clay pot of moss. This orchid species blooms in the summer through fall with tiny fragrant, showy, unusual, flowers with the smell of licorice. (2) This orchid plant is high maintenance, so I keep this on high humidity levels, evenly moist except for short dry rest period when the pseudobulb has matured. Evenly moist for me means: the plant receives regular watering to a depth of 18-inch-deep, do not let it dry out, but no drainage problem either. I feed this plant weekly weakly with Algoflash and stops fertilizer starting in the cold months from Thanksgiving to the early spring thaw. My plant is tiny on a 4 inches’ pot, but I have seen pictures of this plant as big as a bush with a magnificent spray of blooms like the baby’s breath on floral bouquets.
Reference
Stpiczyńska, M. & Davies, K. L. (2007). Elaiophore Structure and Oil Secretion in Flowers of Oncidium
trulliferum Lindl. and Ornithophora radicans (Rchb.f.) Garay & Pabst (Oncidiinae: Orchidaceae).
Oxford Journals Science & Mathematics Annals of Botany Volume 101, Issue 3 Pp. 375-384.
doi: 10.1093/aob/mcm297
Toscano de Brito AVL. (2001). Systematic review of the Ornithocephalus group (Oncidiinae;
Orchidaceae) with comments on Hofmeisterella.
Lindleyana. 16(1) pp. 157-217. Accessed
October 24, 2016 from
https://orchid.unibas.ch/images/Acti...on_toscano.pdf
*the reference is for those who are interested in further research and information about this orchid species.
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Ornithophora radicans
Threaded Mode
