Botanical illustration of Ada aurantiaca featuring bright orange flowers.
Genus Overview
Benjamin Williams wrote of Ada in the Classic Orchid Grower’s Manual, “This genus, as far as I am aware, contains but one species, and is evidently nearly allied to Brassia. It is an extremely showy and ornamental plant, as the colour is rare amongst Orchids; it should be grown with such plants as Oncidium alexandrae (syn. Odontoglossum alexandrae), and treated in the same manner.”
Orchid Species
Type Species
Ada aurantiaca is the type species for the genus Ada.