Dancing Lady Orchids Coming To US Stores

The dancing ladies are coming, but don't look for them on the dance floor. You'll find them in the produce section of grocery stores or the indoor gardening section of the box stores. These dancing ladies are Oncidium orchids, which get their name from a distinctive shape that resembles the flowing skirt of a dancing woman.

Oncidiums sold for the home market put on a colorful show that's different from the Phalaenopsis orchids that consumers are used to seeing. Phalaenopsis orchids have broad, flat leaves and produce perhaps a dozen large flowers in white, pink, purple and a variety of mottled colors (including a jarring blue that's the result of a dye). Oncidium orchids, on the other hand, typically have thin leaves and produce long, branching sprays of numerous, small yellow flowers.

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