Trichocentrum stramineum (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams, Lindleyana 16(2): 138 (2001).
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| Trichocentrum stramineum (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams; Photo by Mi Bo |
its native range is Mexico (Veracruz).
Latin Name:
Trichocentrum stramineum (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Synonym:
Lophiaris straminea (Bateman ex Lindl.) Braem
Oncidium arietinum Kraenzl.
Oncidium columbae Rchb. ex Lindl.
Oncidium saltator Lem.
Oncidium stramineum Bateman ex Lindl.
English Name:
The Straw Yellow Oncidium.
Description:
With a subcylindric, small pseudobulb enveloped by several scarious sheaths and carrying a single, apical, fleshy, elliptic, acute, often with red dotted leaf that blooms in the summer on a erect to arcuate, to about 20 cm long, panicle or raceme arising on a mature growth that has triangular, acute bracts with several to many (30 to 50) flowers.
Distribution:
Mexico Gulf.
Ecological:
A mule-eared, small sized, hot to cool growing epiphytic species that is endemic to central Veracruz, Mexico in tropical semi-deciduous and warm oak forests often along streams and in ravines at an altitude of 600 to 1000 m.
Flowering times:
Blooms in the summer.
Flower size:
2.0 cm.
Cultivation:
Water when dry though summer (about once per week). During winter, longer "dry-out" periods between waterings will mimic its natural habitat's drier season. Place in partial shade to bright light. (Plant can still flower even in a more shaded location!) Pot in medium fir bark or LECA. Plant may also be mounted with sphagnum moss.
Typus:
Reference:
theplantlist.org
https://www.ipni.org/n/1052978-2
http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1052978-2
http://www.orchidspecies.com/oncstramineum.htm. It
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichocentrum_stramineum
https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Trichocentrum_stramineum
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