Lycaste Kiama

Lycaste Kiama
Hybrid Classification Seed Parent: Lycaste Macama Pollen Parent: Lycaste Koolena Genus: Lycaste Hybrid Epithet: Lyc. Kiama Binomial name Lycaste Kiama A.Alcorn A.Alcorn 1984

Lycaste Kiama is a hybrid from the genus Lycaste.

Culture

Grow in diffused bright light and keep in cool to warm temperatures. Keep humidity from 40 to 70%. Water regularly during growing season. The potting media should be a little moist in between waterings. To prevent rot, avoid water from touching leaves. Reduce watering during the winter. Pot plants in 75% fine bark and 25% perlite or in full sphagnum moss.

Parentage

Generation 1

1. Lycaste Koolena × Lycaste Macama

Generation 2

1. Lycaste Koolena =Lycaste Auburn × Lycaste skinneri
2. Lycaste Macama = Lycaste Sunrise × Lycaste Koolena

Generation 3

1. Lycaste Auburn =Lycaste Balliae × Lycaste Sunrise
2. Lycaste Koolena =Lycaste Auburn × Lycaste skinneri
3. Lycaste Sunrise =Lycaste Imschootiana × Lycaste skinneri

Generation 4

1. Lycaste Auburn =Lycaste Balliae × Lycaste Sunrise
2. Lycaste Balliae =Lycaste macrophylla × Lycaste skinneri
3. Lycaste Sunrise =Lycaste Imschootiana × Lycaste skinneri
4. Lycaste Imschootiana =Lycaste cruenta × Lycaste skinneri

Generation 5

1. Lycaste Imschootiana =Lycaste cruenta × Lycaste skinneri
2. Lycaste Balliae =Lycaste macrophylla × Lycaste skinneri
3. Lycaste Sunrise =Lycaste Imschootiana × Lycaste skinneri

Further Generations

• See: Lycaste Imschootiana