Oncidium Sharry Baby is a Oncidium Grex family of the Orchid family.
| Oncidium Sharry Baby | |
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| Systematics | |
| Rod | Oncidium |
| Grex : | Sharry baby |
| Origin | |
| Parents | |
| Jamie Sutton × Honolulu | |
| Originator | Beall |
| Registrar | D.O'Flaherty, 1983 [1] |
It is used in indoor and greenhouse floriculture , as well as in the selection of flowering oncidia.
Created by crossing Oncidium ornithorhynchum , Oncidium anthocrene (syn. Oncidium powellii ), Oncidium altissimum and Oncidium leucochilum .
Content
Biological description
Pseudobulbs ovoid, oblate, up to 6.4 cm wide and 9 cm tall.
Leaves are leathery, lanceolate, pointed at the ends, up to 45 cm long, 5 cm wide.
The roots are thin, covered with belamen .
The inflorescence is erect or slightly drooping, many-flowered, carries several dozen flowers.
The flowers are red with white, fragrant , the smell is associated with vanilla chocolate . The diameter of the flowers is about 3.8 cm.
Pedigree
According to the Japanese Orchid Lovers Association [2]
| Oncidium ornithorhynchum | ||||||||||||||||
| Oncidium Jamie Sutton 1969 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oncidium anthocrene (pollen) | ||||||||||||||||
| Oncidium Sharry Baby 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oncidium altissimum | ||||||||||||||||
| Oncidium moir 1959 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oncidium leucochilum (pollen) | ||||||||||||||||
| Oncidium Honolulu (pollen) 1970 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oncidium leucochilum (pollen) | ||||||||||||||||
In culture
Temperature group - moderate to warm. Under favorable conditions, plants can bloom up to two times a year.
Requirements for light - 1000-2000 FC [3] .
Planting in a pot or basket for epiphytes. Substrate - a mixture of pieces of pine bark medium fraction and sphagnum. Between irrigation the substrate should dry completely.
Known clones
- Onc. Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' AM / AOS
- Onc. Sharry Baby 'Sweet Berry'
- Onc. Sharry Baby 'Tricolor'
- Onc. Sharry Baby 'Ruby Doll'
Diseases and pests
Notes
- ↑ Oncidium Sharry Baby at The International Orchid Register
- ↑ Japanese Orchid Lovers Association
- ↑ Species essay Oncidium Sharry Baby