Orchids with a variety of types and variants are very interesting collectible. exploration and exploitation of orchids that grow naturally in the forest have been done a long time without regard to its sustainability. The existence of orchids in the wild is now endangered and may be extinct. Action to prohibit the taking of orchids in the forests should be strictly enforced to prevent the loss of species of orchids.

Here are a few types of Orchids in Indonesia are threatened with extinction and need immediate action to protect.
1. Ascocentrum Miniatum.
2. Coelogyne Pandurata.
3. Corybas Fonicatus.
4. Cymbidium Hartinahianum.
5. Dendrobium Catenecloesum.
6. Dendrobium d'Albertisii.
7. Dendrobium Lasianthera.
8. Dendrobium Macrophyllum.
9. Dendrobium Ostrinoglossum.
10. Dendrobium Phalaenopsis.
11. Grammatophyllum Papuanum.
12. Grammatophyllum Speciosum.
13. Macodes Petola.
14. Paphiopedillum Chamberlainianum.
15. Paphiopedillum Glaucophyllum.
16. Paphiopedillum Praestans.
17. Paraphalaenopsis Denevei.
18. Paraphalaenopsis Laycockii.
19. Paraphalaenopsis Serpentilingua.
20. Phalaenopsis Amboinensis.
21. Phalaenopsis Gigantea.
22. Phalaenopsis Sumatrana.
23. Phalaenopsis Violacose.
24. Renanthera Matutina.
25. Spathoglottis Zurea.
26. Vanda Celebica.
27. Vanda Hookeriana.
28. Vanda Pumila.
29. Vanda Sumatrana.

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Environmental conditions terrace house or yard is different, depending on the location and condition of the porch and yard. Often the constraints in the face are:

1. Lack of light, both the intensity and duration of irradiation.

2. Humidity is very low or very dry conditions

3. Rays that are too hot and the temperature of the hot / high

4. Gusts of wind is too loud / large or otherwise not even a breeze.

5. It never rained rain or vice versa continues.

The bottom line is that we must overcome such a bad shape, into a condition suitable to the needs of Growing Orchids.

Shortage of light can be overcome by providing a mirror so that light can be reflected toward Orchid plants, either for the purpose of adding the intensity of sunlight. For example if a narrow home page so that incoming rays starting at 10 am and the afternoon was gone at 2 pm, to increase the radiation then we can use mirrors to get light orchids longer. Or if we want to add more length of exposure so we can provide lighting to light the plant gets a longer time (14-16 hours of irradiation).

To adjust the humidity can use a sprayer and a timer, or a pot containing water (hydroponic pot), or swimming under the orchids etc.. If too often exposed to rain so it's good at reducing by giving shade.

Similarly with the wind, when wind gusts are too tight then it can be an obstacle, and vice versa when there is no wind it can be given a small fan in order to get the wind. The wind is very important to regulate the humidity and air circulation.

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When we look at cultivation techniques that exist today, namely The Orchid Plantation System that uses paranet garden with an iron pole supporting it, and a very intensive treatment systems ranging from fertilizers, disinfectants, anti-disease, hormones and vitamins, etc., then the cost is reasonable if swell, but the result is also very impressive.

But the actual cultivation of Orchids do not have to like it. When the different purposes it can be change its cultivation methods. For example if we want to care for orchids in the courtyard of a house with a number that is not a lot of the treatment method can also be adapted to the conditions and environment.

For Orchid Care in the home  so we can adjust to existing conditions, can be affixed under the tree, or can use a pole of a dead tree trunks are entwined with the fibers, or can be made a shade with a small paranet, etc.. Thus does not require an expensive cost.

The problem often faced is the ignorance of orchid care and environmental conditions are very limited

Problems in Caring For Orchids mainly due to lack of food intake for these orchids. This is due to orchids in general media such as charcoal or attached to the ferns, etc., so that by the time the fertilizer is only a small part that can be absorbed by roots and leaf stomata, and the other is wasted because the form of media that can not bind the water. That is why it is feeding the orchids should be diligent in early afternoon.

Must be distinguished between giving food intake by flushing water and retain moisture. Understanding water flush is not clear, whether the given intake of food or just completely drenched with water only. This is what often makes orchids gradually become thin and even die.

And often a lot of patio dry conditions with very low humidity, for this it must find a way to orchids is not drought. Either way sprayer automatic spraying, or by adjusting the humidity to remain high, giving the pool below it, or a pot containing water (hydroponic pot).

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For the purpose of caring for Orchids with hobbies, who performed in the yard or porch, then that should be considered are:

1. Provide adequate food intake for orchids.
2. Availability of adequate water for various purposes, such as for watering and maintaining moisture.
3. Environmental conditions are adequate, sufficient sunlight in terms of both intensity and duration of irradiation.

Adequate food intake can be seen from a healthy crop conditions, fat, proportional, rapid growth, new stems at least equal to or greater than the previous one. Feeding would be better if sustainable, consisting of a variety of foods needed.

Some of the intake of foods that can be given:

1. Leaf manure ready to use on the market such as: Gandasil, vitabloom, Gaviota, etc..
2. Organic fertilizer on the market.
3. Fish oil on the market, such as Alaska
4. Hormones and vitamins on the market., Such as: Atonik, B1 Liquinox,
5. NPK.

In addition we can also provide additional food from the organic remains of the household:

1. Rice water wash
2. The remaining water tea
3. water washing of meat
4. Broth / vegetable leftovers.

Can we also make a concoction of ingredients are there:

1. Solution fetsin / sasa / Miwon: 1 g per liter
2. Vitamin Neurobion: a third pill in one liter of water.
3. Coconut water 150 ml in one liter of water.

Can we also make organic fertilizers from materials available:

1. Leftover food, vegetable, fruit skin and the rest in a blender until smooth + 30 g sugar + 2-5 ml of microbial decomposers. (Can use EM4)
2. Animal urine, rabbit, goat + coconut water + 200 ml + 30 g sugar-degrading microbes 2-5 ml.

Pest and Disease Treatment

For treatment we can make from materials that are disekiling us. If the orchid is used for ill or good a preventive may be used:

1. Garlik / garlic extract. Garlic about 2-3 cloves blended and dissolved in one liter of water given in orchids. To use just a little early stages so that the plant is not shocked.
2. In the event of an attack of pests can be sprayed with tobacco extracts. Lemongrass, or neem or zodia about 250 g dissolved in one liter of water.

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Scientific classification

Kingdom      :  Plantae
Division        :  Magnoliophyta
(unranked)   :  Monocots
Order          :  Asparagales
Family         :  Orchidaceae
Subfamily    :  Cypripedioideae
Tribe           :  Cypripedieae
Subtribe      :  Paphiopedilinae
Genus         :  Paphiopedilum

Species:

There are more than 550 taxa in this genus, including some 80 valid species. Some notable species and their natural hybrids are listed here, together with some assorted varieties and forms:

Paphiopedilum acmodontum (Philippines)
Paphiopedilum adductum
Paphiopedilum affine (P. appletonianum , P. villosum) (Vietnam)
Paphiopedilum appletonianum (Hainan to Indochina)
Paphiopedilum areeanum (P. barbigerum , P. villosum var. annamense) (China: SE Yunnan)
Paphiopedilum argus (Philippines: Luzon)
Paphiopedilum armeniacum – Golden Slipper Orchid
Paphiopedilum armeniacum fma. markii
Paphiopedilum barbatum – Penang Slipper Orchid (Peninsular Thailand to Sumatra)
Paphiopedilum barbigerum
Paphiopedilum bellatulum – Egg-in-a-nest orchid (SE Yunnan, Guizhou, S Guangxi to Indochina)
Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum (Solomon Islands)
Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum var. bougainvilleanum (Solomon Islands: North Solomons)
Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum var. saskianum (Solomon Islands: South Solomons)
Paphiopedilum bullenianum (Malesia)
Paphiopedilum bullenianum var. bullenianum (W Malaysia)
Paphiopedilum bullenianum var. celebesense (Sulawesi to Maluku)
Paphiopedilum burbidgei (P. dayanum , P. javanicum var. virens) (Borneo)
Paphiopedilum callosum (Indochina to NW Peninsular Malaysia)
Paphiopedilum callosum var. callosum (Indochina) (including f. albinum, P. viniferum)
Paphiopedilum callosum var. potentianum (Thailand)
Paphiopedilum callosum var. warnerianum (Peninsular Thailand to NW Peninsular Malaysia)
Paphiopedilum charlesworthii
Paphiopedilum ciliolare
Paphiopedilum concolor
Paphiopedilum cribbii Averyanov (S Vietnam)
Paphiopedilum dalatense (P. callosum , P. villosum var. annamense) (Vietnam)
Paphiopedilum dayanum (Borneo)
Paphiopedilum delenatii
Paphiopedilum dianthum
Paphiopedilum dixlerianum (P. callosum , P. wardii) (Myanmar)
Paphiopedilum druryi (S India)
Paphiopedilum emersonii
Paphiopedilum expansum ( P. hennisianum , P. philippinense) (Philippines)
Paphiopedilum exul (Peninsular Thailand)
Paphiopedilum fairrieanum (E Himalaya to Assam)
Paphiopedilum fanaticum (P. malipoense , P. micranthum) (S China)
Paphiopedilum fowliei
Paphiopedilum frankeanum (P. superbiens , P. tonsum) (Sumatra)
Paphiopedilum gigantifolium (SC Sulawesi)
Paphiopedilum glanduliferum (NW New Guinea)
Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum
Paphiopedilum godefroyae (Peninsular Thailand)
Paphiopedilum gratrixianum
Paphiopedilum grussianum (P. dianthum , P. hirsutissimum var. esquirolei) (China: Guangxi)
Paphiopedilum hangianum Perner & O.Gruss (Yunnan to Vietnam) (including f. album, P. singchii)
Paphiopedilum haynaldianum (Philippines: Luzon, Negros)
Paphiopedilum helenae Aver. (N Vietnam: Cao Bang Province[verification needed]) (includes P. delicatum)
Paphiopedilum hennisianum (C Philippines)
Paphiopedilum henryanum (SE Yunnan, Guangxi to N Vietnam)
Paphiopedilum herrmannii (P. helenae , P. hirsutissimum var. esquirolei) (Vietnam)
Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum (Assam to S China)
Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var. chiwuanum (China: Yunnan)
Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var. esquirolei (Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi to N & E Indochina)
Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var. hirsutissimum (Assam to Myanmar)
Paphiopedilum hookerae (Borneo)
Paphiopedilum hookerae var. hookerae (Borneo: Sarawak, W. Kalimantan)
Paphiopedilum hookerae var. volonteanum (Borneo: Sabah)
Paphiopedilum insigne (Assam: Meghalaya)
Paphiopedilum intaniae (Sulawesi)
Paphiopedilum javanicum (Sumatra, Borneo to Lesser Sunda Islands)
Paphiopedilum javanicum var. javanicum (Sumatra to Lesser Sunda Islands)
Paphiopedilum javanicum var. virens (Borneo: Sabah to N Sarawak)
Paphiopedilum kimballianum (P. dayanum , P. rothschildianum) (Borneo: Mt. Kinabalu)
Paphiopedilum kolopakingii (Borneo: C Kalimantan)
Paphiopedilum lawrenceanum (Borneo - Sarawak, Sabah)
Paphiopedilum liemianum (N. Sumatra)
Paphiopedilum littleanum (P. dayanum , P. lawrenceanum) (Borneo)
Paphiopedilum lowii (W & C Malesia)
Paphiopedilum lowii var. lowii (W & C Malaysia)
Paphiopedilum lowii var. lynniae (Borneo)
Paphiopedilum lowii var. richardianum (Sulawesi)
Paphiopedilum malipoense – Jade Slipper Orchid (including P. jackii)
Paphiopedilum mastersianum (Lesser Sunda Islands to Maluku)
Paphiopedilum mastersianum var. mastersianum (Maluku: Ambon, Buru)
Paphiopedilum mastersianum var. mohrianum (Lesser Sunda Islands: Flores)
Paphiopedilum mattesii (P. barbatum , P. bullenianum) (Peninsular Malaysia)
Paphiopedilum micranthum – Silver Slipper Orchid, Hard-leaved Pocket Orchid
Paphiopedilum micranthum var. eburneum
Paphiopedilum micranthum var. glanzeanum (Albinistic form)
Paphiopedilum niveum (Peninsular Thailand to N Peninsular Malaysia)
Paphiopedilum ooii
Paphiopedilum papuanum (New Guinea)
Paphiopedilum parishii (Assam to W Yunnan)
Paphiopedilum pereirae (P. exul , P. niveum) (Peninsular Thailand)
Paphiopedilum petchleungianum (P. dianthum , P. villosum) (China: SE Yunnan)
Paphiopedilum philippinense (Philippines to N Borneo)
Paphiopedilum philippinense var. philippinense (Philippines to N Borneo)
Paphiopedilum philippinense var. roebelenii (Philippines: Luzon)
Paphiopedilum powellii (P. callosum , P. exul) (Peninsular Thailand)
Paphiopedilum pradhanii (P. fairrieanum , P. venustum) (E Himalaya)
Paphiopedilum primulinum (Sumatra: S Aceh)
Paphiopedilum primulinum var. primulinum
Paphiopedilum primulinum var. purpurascens
Paphiopedilum purpuratum (S China to Hainan)
Paphiopedilum purpuratum var. hainanense (Hainan)
Paphiopedilum purpuratum var. purpuratum (China: Yunnan, Hong Kong, Guangdong)
Paphiopedilum randsii (Philippines: N Mindanao)
Paphiopedilum rhizomatosum (Myanmar)
Paphiopedilum rothschildianum – King of the Paphs
Paphiopedilum saccopetalum (China: SE Guanxi)
Paphiopedilum sanderianum (NW Borneo: Gunung Mulu)
Paphiopedilum sangii (N Sulawesi)
Paphiopedilum schoseri (Sulawesi to Maluku)
Paphiopedilum shipwayae (P. dayanum , P. hookerae). (Borneo)
Paphiopedilum siamense (P. appletonianum , P. callosum) (Thailand)
Paphiopedilum spicerianum
Paphiopedilum spicerovenustum (P. spiceranum , P. venustum) (Assam)
Paphiopedilum stonei (Borneo: Sarawak)
Paphiopedilum stonei var. platyphyllum (Borneo: Sarawak)
Paphiopedilum stonei var. stonei (Borneo: S Sarawak)
Paphiopedilum sugiyamanum (Borneo: Sabah)
Paphiopedilum sukhakulii (NE Thailand)
Paphiopedilum supardii (Borneo: SE Kalimantan)
Paphiopedilum superbiens (N & W Sumatra)
Paphiopedilum thaianum (Thailand)
Paphiopedilum tigrinum (including P. smaragdinum)
Paphiopedilum tonsum (Rchb.f.) Stein (N & W Sumatra) (including f. alboviride)
Paphiopedilum tranlienianum (Vietnam)
Paphiopedilum tranlienianum f. alboviride (Vietnam)
Paphiopedilum urbanianum
Paphiopedilum usitanum (Philippines)
Paphiopedilum vejvarutianum (Thailand: Kanchanaburi)
Paphiopedilum venustoinsigne (P. insigne , P. venustum) (Assam)
Paphiopedilum venustum (E Nepal to NE Bangladesh)
Paphiopedilum victoria-mariae (W Sumatra)
Paphiopedilum victoria-regina (including P. chamberlainianum)
Paphiopedilum vietenryanum (P. gratrixianum , P. henryanum) (China: Yunnan)
Paphiopedilum vietnamense Gruss & Perner (Vietnam)
Paphiopedilum villosum (Assam to S China)
Paphiopedilum villosum var. annamense (Yunnan and Guangxi to Indochina)
Paphiopedilum villosum var. boxallii (Myanmar)
Paphiopedilum villosum var. villosum (Assam to Thailand) (including P. densissimum)
Paphiopedilum violascens (N & E New Guinea, Manus Island)
Paphiopedilum wardii Summerh. – Rainbow Orchid (SW Yunnan to Myanmar) (including f. alboviride)
Paphiopedilum wardii var. teestaensis (China: SW Yunnan)
Paphiopedilum wenshanense (P. bellatulum , P. concolor, including P. conco-bellatulum)
Paphiopedilum wentworthianum (Solomon Islands)
Paphiopedilum wilhelminae (C New Guinea)

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Scientific classification:

Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Alliance: Cattleya
Genus: Cattleya

Species:

C. aclandiae : Lady Ackland's Cattleya (Brazil)
C. amethystoglossa : Amethyst-lipped Cattleya (Brazil)
C. araguaiensis : Cattleya from Araguaia river (Brazil) == Cattleyella araguaiensis (Pabst) van den Berg & M.W.Chase.
C. aurantiaca : Orange Cattleya (Mexico to C. America) == Guarianthe aurantiaca, see Guarianthe
C. aurea : Golden-yellow Cattleya (S. Panama to Colombia). Pseudobulb epiphyte
C. bicolor : Bicolored Cattleya (SE. Brazil)
Cattleya bicolor subsp. bicolor (Brazil). Pseudobulb epiphyte
Cattleya bicolor subsp. canastrensis (Brazil) . Pseudobulb epiphyte
Cattleya bicolor subsp. minasgeraiensis (Brazil). Pseudobulb epiphyte
C. bowringiana : Bowring's Cattleya (Mexico to Honduras) == Guarianthe bowringiana, see Guarianthe
C. candida (Colombia).
C. dormaniana : Dorman's Cattleya (Brazil)
C. dowiana : Queen of the Cattleyas, Dow's Cattleya (Costa Rica).
C. elongata : Cattleya with the Elongated Stalk (Brazil). 2n = 80[3]
C. forbesii : Forbes' Cattleya (Brazil)
C. gaskelliana : Gaskell's Cattleya (Colombia to Trinidad).
C. granulosa : Granulose Cattleya (Brazil)
C. guttata : Spotted Cattleya (Brazil).
C. harrisoniana : Harrison's Cattleya (SE. Brazil).
C. intermedia : Intermediate Cattleya (SE. & S. Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay).
C. intermedia var. orlata
C. iricolor : Rainbow-colored Cattleya (Ecuador to Peru).
C. jenmanii : Jenman's Cattleya (Venezuela to Guyana).
C. kerrii : Kerr's Cattleya (Brazil).
C. labiata : Crimson Cattleya, Ruby-lipped Cattleya, named for the large labellum (Brazil)
C. lawrenceana : named for Sir Trevor Lawrence (Venezuela, Guyana, N. Brazil).
C. loddigesii : named for the Loddiges brothers (SE. Brazil to NE. Argentina).
Cattleya loddigesii subsp. loddigesii (SE. Brazil to NE. Argentina). Pseudobulb epiphyte
Cattleya loddigesii subsp. purpurea (Brazil). Pseudobulb epiphyte
C. lueddemanniana : Lueddemann's Cattleya (N. Venezuela).
C. luteola : named for the pale yellow flowers (N. Brazil, Ecuador to Bolivia).
C. maxima : Christmas Flower, named for the large flowers (Venezuela to Peru).
C. mendelii : named for Mendel (NE. Colombia).
C. mooreana : named for Moore (Peru).
C. mossiae : Easter Orchid, named for Mrs. Moss (N. Venezuela)
C. nobilior : More noble Cattleya (WC. Brazil to Bolivia).
C. patinii : named for Patin (Costa Rica to Venezuela, Trinidad) == Guarianthe patinii, see Guarianthe
C. percivaliana : Christmas orchid, named for Percival (Colombia to W. Venezuela).
C. porphyroglossa : Purple-lipped Cattleya (Brazil).
C. rex : King of the Cattleyas (Colombia to N. Peru).
C. schilleriana : named for Consul Schiller (Brazil).
C. schofieldiana : named for Schofield (Brazil)
C. schroederae : Easter Orchid, named for Baroness Schr?der (NE. Colombia).
C. skinneri : Flower of San Sebastian, Skinner's Cattleya (SE. Mexico to C. America) == Guarianthe skinneri, see Guarianthe
C. tenuis : Slender-stemmed Cattleya (NE. Brazil).
C. tigrina (SE. & S. Brazil).
C. trianae : Dr. Triana's Cattleya (Colombia).
C. velutina : Velvety Cattleya (Brazil) 2n = 40[4]
C. violacea : Superba of the Orinoco, Brazil, Guyana, Violet Cattleya (S. Trop. America).
C. walkeriana : Walker's Cattleya (WC. & SE. Brazil).
C. wallisii: "Wallis' Cattleya" (N. Brazil).
C. warneri : Warner's Cattleya (E. Brazil).
C. warscewiczii : Warscewicz's Cattleya (Colombia).

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Orchid seedlings out of the stem or panicle called Keiki. Keiki in Hawaiian language is defined as orchid seedlings from plants tribe. Keiki can grow from the base of the stem or trunk segment and the segment of the flower stalk. Keiki orchids have roots that can be propagated vegetatively.

In phalaenopsis orchids, Keiki can grow from one flower panicle node. While on dendrobium orchids, Keiki usually grow along Pseudobulb, this is caused by the accumulation of growth hormone which is naturally derived or Keiki Pasta applications.
Keiki Paste is a hormone Sitikinin that stimulates the growth of seedlings in the flower stems or panicles orchid Phalaenopsis or Dendrobium orchid Pseudobulb. Keiki paste also contains Auxines to stimulate root growth.

Keiki or orchid seedlings can be planted if it has enough roots to the leaves between 3 and 5 for the type of Phalaenopsis (monopodial) or above 3 Bulb for Dendrobium (sympodial).

Keiki are planting;

1. Provide Pot and growing media.
2. Keiki Cut with a sharp knife or scissors.
3. At the time of planting using stand / stick to prop up the Keiki.
4. Do not hoard Keiki roots with growing media, let the roots are above the planting medium.

Subsequent treatments, the same as caring for orchids in general, water and fertilize regularly.

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If in one pot clump of Orchid collections we have many, means it's time we reduce clumps. It is very important for the rejuvenation and an opportunity to multiply plants. Cutting activities, separate clumps of orchids is usually done in sympodial orchids. Ex: Dendrobium, Oncidium, Cattleya, etc.. How to cut / orchid plants reproduce vegetatively This is a very fun and entertainment for fans of orchids.

Noteworthy in the cut orchid plants is to make the cuts / pieces as small as possible. Scars / cuts frequent infections and decay. Close the scar with the anti-infective, eg, iodine (betadine) could also use a fungicide (smeared). Try orchids are separated more than 3 pseudobulb (in one family). When clumps of orchids in potting soil (usually root will stick in the pot), soak a few minutes in the water, drag and drop the root from the pot. Rinse the roots.

Planting orchids with the position of young plants (pseudobulb) facing the center of the pot. This way to facilitate pseudobulb grow. (Read: Planting Keiki) pseudobulb base Usually there are 2-4 new buds.

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Scientific Classifiation:

Kingdom : Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order : Asparagales
Family : Orchidaceae
Subfamily : Epidendroideae
Tribe : Cymbidieae
Subtribe : Oncidiinae
Genus : Oncidium

Species:

Oncidium aberrans (Brazil - Paran?).
Oncidium abortivum (N. Venezuela to Ecuador).
Oncidium abruptum (Colombia to Ecuador).
Oncidium acinaceum (Ecuador to Peru).
Oncidium acrochordonia (Colombia).
Oncidium adelaidae (Colombia).
Oncidium advena (N. Venezuela).
Oncidium albini (Brazil - Paran?).
Oncidium alcicorne (Colombia).
Oncidium allenii (Panama).
Oncidium aloisii (Ecuador).
Oncidium altissimum : "Wydler's Dancing-lady Orchid" (Jamaica).
Oncidium amabile (Brazil).
Oncidium amictum (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium amoenum (Mexico).
Oncidium ampliatumLindl. (Panama) (now a synonym of the accepted name Chelyorchis ampliata (Lindl.) Dressler & N.H.Williams in G.A.Romero & G.Carnevali, 2000 )
Oncidium andradeanum (Ecuador to Peru).
Oncidium andreae (Colombia).
Oncidium andreanum (SW. Mexico).
Oncidium angustisegmentum (Peru).
Oncidium ? ann-hadderae (O. haitiense ? O. variegatum) (Dominican Republic).
Oncidium anomalum (Colombia).
Oncidium ansiferum (C. America to Colombia).
Oncidium anthocrene (Colombia to Ecuador).
Oncidium antioquiense (Colombia).
Oncidium ariasii (Peru).
Oncidium arizajulianum (Dominican Republic) (now synonym of Tolumnia arizajuliana)
Oncidium armillare (W. South America to N. Venezuela).
Oncidium aspecum (Peru).
Oncidium auricula (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium auriferum (Colombia to NW. Venezuela).
Oncidium aurorae (Peru).
Oncidium ayabacanum (Peru).
Oncidium baccatum (Venezuela).
Oncidium bahiense (Cogn.) Schltr (NE Brasil)
Oncidium barbaceniae (Brazil - Minas Gerais).


Wydler's Dancing-lady Orchid (Oncidium altissimum)
Oncidium barbatum (Brazil to Bolivia).
Oncidium batemannianum (Brazil to Peru).
Oncidium baueri (Trop. America).
Oncidium bennettii (Peru).
Oncidium bicolor (NE. Venezuela to Brazil).
Oncidium bidentatum (Ecuador).
Oncidium bifolium (Brazil to N. Argentina).
Oncidium blanchetii (E. & S. Brazil.).
Oncidium boothianum (Venezuela to Ecuador).
Oncidium brachyandrum (Mexico)
Oncidium brachystachys (Colombia).
Oncidium brachystegium (Bolivia).
Oncidium bracteatum (Costa Rica to Colombia).
Oncidium braunii (Trop. America) (?).
Oncidium brevilabrum (Colombia.
Oncidium brunleesianum (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
Oncidium brunnipetalum (S. Brazil).
Oncidium bryocladium (Colombia).


Oncidium croesus
Oncidium bryolophotum (Costa Rica to Panama).
Oncidium buchtienii (Bolivia).
Oncidium bustosii K?niger (Ecuador)
Oncidium calanthum (Ecuador to Peru).
Oncidium callistum (Colombia).
Oncidium calochilum (Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic) (now synonym of Tolumnia calochila)
Oncidium caminiophorum (N. Venezuela).
Oncidium cardiostigma (Mexico).
Oncidium ? cassolanum (O. cornigerum]] ? O. riograndense) (S. Brazil).
Oncidium caucanum (Colombia).
Oncidium cebolleta (Mexico to Brazil) (synonym of the accepted name : Trichocentrum cebolleta (Jacq.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams, 2001
Oncidium chapadense (Brazil - Goi?s).
Oncidium cheirophorum (Mexico - Chiapas to Colombia).
Oncidium chrysomorphum (Colombia to N. Venezuela).
Oncidium chrysops (Mexico - Guerrero, Oaxaca).
Oncidium chrysopteranthum (Brazil).
Oncidium chrysopterum (WC. Brazil to Bolivia).
Oncidium chrysothyrsus (SE. Brazil)
Oncidium ciliatum (SE. Brazil).


Oncidium flexuosum
Oncidium citrinum (Trinidad to Venezuela).
Oncidium cogniauxianum (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium ? colnagoi. (O. forbesii ? O.) (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium coloratum (Brazil - Esp?rito Santo) (now synonym of Carria colorata]] (K?niger & J.G.Weinm.bis) V.P.Castro & K.G.Lacerda 2005)
Oncidium compressicaule (Haiti) (now synonym of Tolumnia compressicaulis)
Oncidium concolor (Brazil to NE. Argentina).
Oncidium cornigerum (SE. & S. Brazil to Paraguay).
Oncidium crassopterum (Peru).
Oncidium crispum (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium cristatellum (Brazil to Ecuador).
Oncidium croesus (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
Oncidium cruciferum (Peru).
Oncidium cultratum (Ecuador) .
Oncidium curtum (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).


Oncidium forbesii
Oncidium cycnicolle (Colombia to Ecuador).
Oncidium dactyliferum (Venezuela to Ecuador).
Oncidium dactylopterum (Colombia).
Oncidium dasytyle (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
Oncidium decorum (Colombia).
Oncidium deltoideum (N. Peru).
Oncidium dichromaticum (Costa Rica to Colombia).
Oncidium disciferum (Bolivia).
Oncidium discobulbon (Peru).
Oncidium divaricatum (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium donianum (Brazil - S?o Paulo).
Oncidium drepanopterum (Ecuador).
Oncidium durangense (Mexico - Durango).
Oncidium duveenii (Brazil).
Oncidium echinophorum (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
Oncidium echinops (Ecuador).
Oncidium edmundoi (Brazil).


Oncidium harrisonianum
Oncidium edwallii (Brazil to NE. Argentina).
Oncidium elephantotis (NW. Venezuela to Ecuador).
Oncidium emilii (Paraguay).
Oncidium enderianum (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium endocharis (Mexico - Chiapas to C. America).
Oncidium ensatum : 'Latin American Orchid']] (S. Mexico to NW. Venezuela).
Oncidium erucatum (Ecuador).
Oncidium estradae (Ecuador).
Oncidium eurycline (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium exalatum (Panama).
Oncidium exasperatoides (Peru).
Oncidium excavatum (C. America to Peru).
Oncidium fasciculatum (Mexico - Oaxaca, Chiapas to Guatemala).
Oncidium fasciferum (Peru).
Oncidium fimbriatum (Brazil to NE. Argentina).
Oncidium flexuosum (E. & S. Brazil to NC. Argentina).
Oncidium floridanum : 'Florida Orchid']] (S. Florida to Cuba).
Oncidium ? floride-phillipsae (O. prionochilum]] ? O. variegatum) (Leeward Is.).
Oncidium forbesii (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
Oncidium formosissimum (Ecuador to Peru).
Oncidium fragae (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
Oncidium fuscans (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
Oncidium fuscatum (Ecuador to Peru).
Oncidium fuscopetalum (WC. Brazil).


Oncidium longipes
Oncidium gardneri (Ecuador, SE. Brazil).
Oncidium ? gardstyle (O. dasystyle]] ? O. gardneri) (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
Oncidium gauntlettii (Jamaica) (now synonym of Tolumnia gauntlettii)
Oncidium geertianum (C. & SW. Mexico).
Oncidium gilvum (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium gracile (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium graciliforme (C.Panama).
Oncidium gracillimum (Colombia).
Oncidium graminifolium (Mexico to C. America).
Oncidium gravesianum (E. Brazil).
Oncidium guianense (Hispaniola) (now synonym of Tolumnia guianensis)
Oncidium guibertianum (Cuba) (now synonym of Tolumnia guibertiana)
Oncidium guttatum (Mexico to Colombia and Caribbean) (now synonym of Tolumnia guttata)
Oncidium gyrobulbon (Ecuador).
Oncidium hagsaterianum (Mexico to Guatemala).
Oncidium haitiense (Hispaniola) (now synonym of Tolumnia haitensis)
Oncidium hannelorae (Windward Is.-(Dominica).
Oncidium hapalotyle (Colombia to Ecuador).
Oncidium harrisonianum (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium hastatum (Mexico).
Oncidium hastilabium (W. South America).
Oncidium hatschbachii (Brazil - Paran?).


Oncidium macronix
Oncidium helgae (Ecuador).
Oncidium herzogii (Bolivia to NW. Argentina).
Oncidium heteranthum (S. Trop. America).
Oncidium hians (Peru, SE. Brazil).
Oncidium hieroglyphicum (Peru).
Oncidium hintonii (N. & SW. Mexico).
Oncidium hirtzii (Ecuador – Napo).
Oncidium hookeri (SE. & S. Brazil.
Oncidium hydrophilum (Brazil to Paraguay).
Oncidium hyphaematicum (W. South America).
Oncidium imitans (Costa Rica).
Oncidium imperatoris-maximiliani (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
Oncidium incurvum (Mexico - Veracruz to Chiapas).


Oncidium pulvinatum
Oncidium inouei (Peru).
Oncidium insigne (Brazil).
Oncidium ionopterum (Peru - Cajamarca).
Oncidium iricolor (Trop. America) (?).
Oncidium isidrense (Peru).
Oncidium isopterum (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
Oncidium isthmii (Costa Rica to Panama).
Oncidium kautskyi (Brazil).
Oncidium klotzschianum (Costa Rica to Venezuela and Peru).
Oncidium kraenzlinianum (Brazil).
Oncidium kramerianum (Costa Rica to Suriname and Ecuador) (now synonym of Psychopsis krameriana)
Oncidium lancifolium (Ecuador).
Oncidium leinigii (Brazil).
Oncidium leleui (SW. Mexico).
Oncidium lentiginosum (Colombia to N. Venezuela).
Oncidium leopardinum (Peru).
Oncidium lepidum (Ecuador).


Oncidium sphegiferum
Oncidium lepturum (Bolivia).
Oncidium leucochilum (SE. Mexico to Guatemala).
Oncidium lietzei (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium ligiae (Colombia).
Oncidium lindleyi (S. Mexico to Guatemala).
Oncidium lineoligerum (N. Peru).
Oncidium litum (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium loechiloides (Venezuela).
Oncidium loefgrenii (SE. & S. Brazil).
Oncidium longicornu (Brazil to NE. Argentina.
Oncidium longipes (Brazil to NE. Argentina).
Oncidium lucasianum (Peru - Cajamarca).
Oncidium lucayanum (Bahamas) (now synonym of Tolumnia lucayana)
Oncidium luteum (Costa Rica).
Oncidium lykaiosii (Bolivia).
Oncidium macronyx (Brazil).
Oncidium macropetalum (WC. Brazil)
Oncidium maculatum (Mexico to C. America).
Oncidium maculosum (Brazil - Minas Gerais.
Oncidium magdalenae (NW. Venezuela - M?rida).
Oncidium maizifolium (Colombia to NW. Venezuela).
Oncidium majevskyi (Brazil).
Oncidium mantense Dodson & R.Estrada (Ecuador)
Oncidium mandonii (Bolivia).
Oncidium marshallianum (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium martianum (SE. & S. Brazil).
Oncidium mathieuanum (Ecuador to Peru).
Oncidium megalopterum (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium melanops (Ecuador).
Oncidium micropogon (Brazil).
Oncidium micropogon var. micropogon (S. Brazil). Pseudobulb epiphyte
Oncidium microstigma (C. & SW. Mexico).
Oncidium millianum (Colombia).
Oncidium miserrimum (Colombia to NW. Venezuela).
Oncidium morenoi (Brazil) (replaced synonym of the accepted name Trichocentrum morenoi (Dodson & Luer) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams, 2001 )
Oncidium nebulosum (Colombia).
Oncidium niesseniae (Colombia).
Oncidium nigratum (Colombia to Guyana).
Oncidium obryzatoides (Costa Rica to Ecuador).
Oncidium ochmatochilum]] (SE. Mexico to Peru).


Oncidium ochmatochilum
Oncidium ochthodes (Ecuador).
Oncidium oliganthum (Mexico - Oaxaca, Chiapas to El Salvador).
Oncidium orbatum (Colombia).
Oncidium ornithocephalum (Colombia).
Oncidium ornithopodum (Trop. America) (?).
Oncidium ornithorhynchum (Mexico to C. America).
Oncidium orthostates (S. Venezuela to Guyana and Brazil). This species has been redefined as Nohawilliamsia pirarense (Rchb. f.), M.W. Chase & Whitten [2]
Oncidium orthostatoides (Peru).
Oncidium ototmeton (Bolivia).
Oncidium ouricanense (Brazil - Bahia).
Oncidium panamense (Panama).
Oncidium panduratum (Colombia.
Oncidium panduriforme (Costa Rica).
Oncidium papilio (Panama to S. Trop. America and Trinidad) (now synonym of Psychopsis papilio)
Oncidium paranaense (Brazil to Argentina - Misiones).
Oncidium paranapiacabense (Brazil - S?o Paulo).
Oncidium pardalis (N. Venezuela).
Oncidium pardoglossum (Trop. America) (?).
Oncidium pardothyrsus (Ecuador to Peru).
Oncidium parviflorum (Costa Rica to Panama).
Oncidium pectorale (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
Oncidium pelicanum (Mexico - Guerrero, Oaxaca).
Oncidium peltiforme (Ecuador).
Oncidium pentadactylon (W. South America).
Oncidium pergameneum (NC. & SE. Mexico to C. America).
Oncidium pictum (W. South America).
Oncidium picturatum (N. Venezuela).
Oncidium pirarene (Guyana).
Oncidium planilabre (W. South America).
Oncidium platychilum (Colombia to Ecuador).
Oncidium platyglossum (Colombia).
Oncidium pollardii (Mexico - Oaxaca).
Oncidium polyadenium (Ecuador to N. Peru).
Oncidium polyodontum (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium portillae (Ecuador).
Oncidium posadarum (Colombia).
Oncidium powellii (Panama).
Oncidium praetextum (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium prionochilum (Puerto Rico to Virgin Is.) (now synonym of Tolumnia prionochila)
Oncidium pubes (Colombia, SE. Brazil to NE. Argentina).
Oncidium pulchellum (Jamaica) (now synonym of Tolumnia pulchella)
Oncidium pulvinatum (Brazil to NE. Argentina).
Oncidium punctulatum (Panama).
Oncidium pyramidale (W. South America).
Oncidium pyxidophorum (Trop. America) (?).
Oncidium quadrilobum (Hispaniola) (now synonym of Tolumnia quadriloba)
Oncidium raniferum (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium reductum (Bolivia).
Oncidium reflexum (SW. Mexico)
Oncidium regentii V.P.Castro & G.F.Carr (2005) (Brazil)
Oncidium reichenbachii (Colombia to NW. Venezuela).
Oncidium remotiflorum (Brazil).
Oncidium retusum (Peru).
Oncidium rhinoceros (Trop. America) (?).
Oncidium riograndense (S. Brazil to NE. Argentina.
Oncidium riopalenqueanum (Ecuador).
Oncidium riviereanum (Brazil).
Oncidium robustissimum (Brazil).
Oncidium rodrigoi (Colombia).
Oncidium rostrans (Colombia).
Oncidium rutkisii (Venezuela).
Oncidium sanderae (Peru - Hu?nuco) (now synonym of Psychopsis sanderae)
Oncidium sarcodes]] (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium saxicola (Colombia).
Oncidium schillerianum (Peru).
Oncidium schmidtianum (Trop. America) (?).
Oncidium schunkeanum (Brazil).
Oncidium schwambachiae (Brazil).
Oncidium sclerophyllum (Costa Rica).
Oncidium ? scullyi (O. curtum]] ? O. gravesianum) (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium sellowii (Brazil).
Oncidium semele (Ecuador).
Oncidium sessile (Venezuela to Peru).
Oncidium silvanoi (Peru).
Oncidium silvanum (Brazil).
Oncidium spegazzinianum (Argentina - Misiones).
Oncidium sphacelatum (Mexico to C. America, SE. Venezuela).
Oncidium sphegiferum (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
Oncidium stelligerum (SW. Mexico).
Oncidium stenobulbon (Costa Rica).
Oncidium stenotis (Costa Rica to Ecuador).
Oncidium storkii (Costa Rica).
Oncidium suave (C. & SW. Mexico, El Salvador).
Oncidium subcruciforme (Nicaragua).
Oncidium suttonii (Mexico - Chiapas to El Salvador).
Oncidium swartzii (Windward Is.- Martinique).
Oncidium sylvestre (Cuba to Haiti) (now synonym of Tolumnia sylvestris)
Oncidium tectum (Colombia).
Oncidium tenellum (French Guiana).
Oncidium tenuipes (Guatemala).
Oncidium tetrotis (Colombia).
Oncidium tigratum (Ecuador to Peru).
Oncidium tigrinum (C. & SW. Mexico).
Oncidium tipuloides (Peru).
Oncidium toachicum (Ecuador).
Oncidium trachycaulon (Colombia to Ecuador).
Oncidium trichodes (N. Brazil).
Oncidium trilobum (Peru).
Oncidium trinasutum (Ecuador).
Oncidium triquetrum (Jamaica) (now synonym of Tolumnia triquetra)
Oncidium trulliferum (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
Oncidium truncatum (Brazil - Mato Grosso).
Oncidium tsubotae (Colombia).
Oncidium tuerckheimii (Cuba to Hispaniola) (now synonym of Tolumnia tuerckheimii )
Oncidium unguiculatum (C. & SW. Mexico).
Oncidium unicolor (SE. Brazil).
Oncidium uniflorum (SE. & S. Brazil).
Oncidium urophyllum (Lesser Antilles) (now synonym of Tolumnia urophylla)
Oncidium usneoides (Cuba) (now synonym of Tolumnia usneoides)
Oncidium varicosum (Brazil to N. Argentina).


Oncidium Varicosum
Oncidium variegatum (S. Florida to Caribbean) (now synonym of Tolumnia variegata)
Oncidium variegatum subsp. bahamense (S. Florida to Bahamas) (now synonym of Tolumnia bahamensis)
Oncidium variegatum subsp. leiboldii (Cayman Is. to Cuba) (now synonym of Tolumnia leiboldii )
Oncidium variegatum subsp. scandens (Haiti) (now synonym of Tolumnia scandens)
Oncidium variegatum subsp. velutinum (Cuba) (now synonym of Tolumnia velutina)
Oncidium vasquezii (Bolivia).
Oncidium venustum (Brazil).
Oncidium vernixium (Ecuador).
Oncidium verrucosissimum (Paraguay to NE. Argentina).
Oncidium versteegianum (Suriname to Ecuador) (now synonym of Psychopsis versteegiana)
Oncidium viperinum (Bolivia to NW. Argentina).
Oncidium virgulatum (Colombia to Ecuador).
Oncidium volvox (NW. & N. Venezuela).
Oncidium warmingii (S. Venezuela to Brazil).
Oncidium warszewiczii (Costa Rica to Colombia).
Oncidium weddellii (Bolivia).
Oncidium welteri (Brazil - S?o Paulo).
Oncidium wentworthianum (Mexico – Chiapas to El Salvador).
Oncidium wheatleyanum (Brazil).
Oncidium widgrenii (SE. & S. Brazil to Paraguay).
Oncidium williamsii (Bolivia).
Oncidium xanthocentron (Colombia).
Oncidium xanthornis (NW. Venezuela to Ecuador).
Oncidium zappii (Brazil).

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Growth regulating substances that can be applied to organic compounds of Orchids is not a nutrient, which in small amounts can support, inhibit and can either plant physiological processes.
Growth regulating substances in plants consists of Five groups; Auxin, Cytokinines, Gibberellins, Ethylene, and inhibitors with characteristic and different effects on physiological processes.

AUXIN
Auxin types commonly used in plant growth were : IAA ( Indole Acetic Acid ), NAA ( Naphtalene Acetic Acid ), IBA ( Indole Butyric Acid ).
Auxin are used to spur the formation of Callus, especially roots, somatic embryogenesis spur and spur the growth of shoots.

CYTOKININS
Goups of cytokinins that are often used are: Zeatin, BAP ( Benzyl AminoPuine ), Kinetin. Cytokines used to stimulate cell division, stimulate the formation of buds, side shoots and inhibits the multiplication of root formation.

GIBBERELLINS
Gibberellins were first discovered in the rice plant that grows lengthwise in JAPAN, then its compounds in the extracts and was named " GIBBERELLINS ". After a while it turns out similar compounds are also present in other plants but different from each other, so can get about 60 species Gibberellins. Among them is often used GA3 ( Giberellic Acid ). Gibberellins inhibit cell division and somatic embryo development, but it can stimulate cell elongation and the formation of xylem tissue, so that the plant becomes longer.

VITAMINS
Vitamins needs in Orchid plants are Thiamin ( Vitamin B! ), Pyridoxine ( Vitamin B6 ). Vitamins are generally located in the crops. Thiamin function is to accelerate cell division in roots.

AMINO ACIDS
Amino Acids found in many organic materials both animal and vegetable. Amino Acid content in the plants need are: Asparagine, Glycine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Proline, Threonine, Alanine, Isoleucine, Lycine, Siren, Ammonium, Acetic Acid, Lacetic Acid, Glutamac Acid.

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