{"id":9674,"date":"2011-09-06T18:34:03","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T02:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=9674"},"modified":"2012-01-01T21:31:53","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T05:31:53","slug":"cyrtochilum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/06\/cyrtochilum\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyrtochilum"},"content":{"rendered":"

This hardy orchid is a Cyrtochilum, a reliable bloomer in the Oncidium<\/a> family. It has spectacular yellow, white, and purple flowers. Dozens of blossoms emerge from long, vining flower spikes, which can extend up to 10 ft. (3 m.) These spikes grow for months, and like to wind around my tall Epidendrums<\/a>. Blooms as wide as 4 in. (10 cm) develop in clusters along the length of the spikes. These flowers can last over 6 weeks.<\/p>\n

\"Cyrtochilum<\/a>\"Cyrtochilum<\/a>\"Cyrtochilum<\/a><\/p>\n

To grow this variety, place in bright light<\/a> with some direct sun<\/a>. Water<\/a> every other day (more if it’s warm,) and keep in cool<\/a>, breezy<\/a> conditions. They enjoy regular fertilizer<\/a> or a good dose of compost<\/a>. Keep them drier during winter dormancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This species is native to the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia, where it grows at elevations up to 10,500 ft. (3200\u00a0 m.) At those dizzying heights, it’s no surprise that it prefers temps<\/a> below 80\u00b0F (27\u00b0C.) It can survive freezes down to 25\u00b0F (-4\u00b0C,) but it’s best to avoid such cold temps for plants in cultivation.<\/p>\n

\"Close<\/a>\"Cyrtochilum<\/a>\"Close<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t let Cyrtochilum’s name scare you; pronouncation is easier than you might think. Say “sear tow KYE lum” to rhyme with “dear go by him.” Botanists have been debating this beauty’s place in the orchid family tree for years, so it’s sometimes labeled as an Oncidium.<\/p>\n

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This hardy orchid is a Cyrtochilum, a reliable bloomer in the Oncidium family. It has spectacular yellow, white, and purple flowers. Dozens of blossoms emerge from long, vining flower spikes, which can extend up to 10 ft. (3 m.) These spikes grow for months, and like to wind around my tall Epidendrums. Blooms as wide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,9,5,3,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-growers","category-dormancy","category-fertilizing","category-growing","category-photos","category-watering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9674"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9720,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9674\/revisions\/9720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}