Psychopsis Mariposa (Pyp. papilio x Kalihi) - I'm interested in this cross because, reportedly, they're very compact, including the spikes, relative to other psychopsis. Example flower photos include an image of a whole plant - spike is only about a foot long, but the flower is still as large as any psychopsis! These big flowers are in shades of yellow with orange-red markings, and new foliage is also usually marked with red patterns.
Like all oncidium type things in this group, they can rebloom randomly on old spikes. So once it starts making spikes, do not cut them while they are still green and pliable. They appreciate high humidity and good air movement, and can be grown among your phalaenopsis, or sometimes a little more light.
The lore about psychopsis is that they don't like root disturbance. The way around this is to choose media types that resist breaking down. That way you can both put off repotting as long as possible, and when you do, may be able to get away with setting the whole mass, undisturbed, into a new pot and back-filling with new media. To that end, these are potted in chunky perlite with some treefern fiber. However, at least as far as this hybrid goes, that lore doesn't seem to hold true - these all sent out new roots immediately upon repotting.
You have a choice of blooming size plants in 4" square pots, or near blooming size plants in 3" clear pots. You will get one of the plants shown or one similar in size. Plants are not currently in bloom, flower photo is for example only, and shows one of their siblings. You can expect similar results.
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