Psychopsis orchid plant care and culture. The good thing is they are very easy to grow. Just imagine a. The orchids lip is a broad petal that reaches downward hence the name butterfly orchid.
Psychopsis orchids have flowers that are unique to the plant world. Psychopsis orchids are getting more and more popular because of their unusual flower. We have a beautiful psychopsis papilio that we have owned for more than four years.
Psychopsis are very easy to grow and bloom and so rewarding. I had promised someone that id give some cultural information on psychopsis in the june tour and forgot to do it. Sye cop siss click on the name to hear it spoken tribe.
By orchi self photographed cc by sa 30. It has six beautiful spikes and some are in bloom. I am concerned that it needs repotting but i am afraid i could damage or kill the plant.
We are going to touch base on repotting psychopsis orchid in semi hydro and i am going to give you a few care tips for growing psycopsis orchids. Psychopsis orchids are not very difficult in indoor cultivation. I had recently recieved this psychopsis mariposa green valley and she needed urgent repotting as she has a very bad root system many rotting roots and a very decomposed medium.
Psychopsis orchid also called as butterfly orchids is a genus of orchids native to northern south america central america and trinidad. They hate to be transplanted but its recommended you do it every year because when the bark starts to wear out the roots sufficate. Oncidiinae psychopsis with 38 chromosomes and two pollinia grow epiphytically in wet rainforest and also dry upland forestthe pseudobulbs are tightly clustered oval oblong and almost round very compressed wrinkled often dull red.
Treat it almost line an oncidium orchid and it should do great. Three long sepals grow upwards from the top of the orchid while two petals grow off the side of the orchid. They prefer a bright filtered light with some shade you can see whether the plant has optimal light by its color if it has a pallid yellowish appearance with sunburns it has too much light if it has dark green color and lack characteristic red and purple dots it has too.