Species of the genus Cycnoches are usually found in from Mexico, through central America into southern Panama. Plants are found growing in humid to moist forests and on fallen rotten logs
Description[]
Plants produce unisex flowers that have pollina that can be injected into the pollinator.
Culture[]
Grow in intermediate to warm conditions with partially bright light. Water regularly during growing season and when plants drop leaves during dormancy reduce watering. During dormancy only water about twice a month to keep pseudobulbs from shriveling. Resume watering normally when new growths occur in spring. Plants can die easily from over watering. Plants are usually grown in bark with perlite, cork, full sphagnum moss, and tree fern.
Female flowers will often be produced when high light and low moisture is present. While male flowers are produced in shadier situation of higher moisture.
Naming[]
The genus is named after the flower's similarities to a swan's neck
