The Modest Phalaenopsis is native to Borneo including Sabah, West Kotah, Mt. Kinabalu and Tawau in the province of Elphiastone. It also occurs in the Crocker mountains, in lower stature hill and lower montane forests low down or on the base and roots of trees near streams, at an altitude of 366 m.
Phalaenopsis modesta orchid, also called as The Modest Phalaenopsis (cause of the flowers are partially obscured by the leaves), Phalaenopsis modesta f. alba, Polychilos modesta, is a species of the genus Phalaenopsis. This species was described by J.J. Smith in 1906.
IDENTIFY PHALAENOPSIS MODESTA ORCHID
The Modest Phalaenopsis is native to Borneo including Sabah, West Kotah, Mt. Kinabalu and Tawau in the province of Elphiastone. It also occurs in the Crocker mountains, in lower stature hill and lower montane forests low down or on the base and roots of trees near streams, at an altitude of 366 m.
It is a mall sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a short stem enveloped completely by several leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying a few, distichous, fleshy, obovate to obovate-lanceolate, acute, gradually narrowing below into the subpetiolate base leaves. The leaves are small, usually 11-15 cm long.
Phalaenopsis modesta blooms in the spring and in the fall on a slender, arching to pendant, 5 to 6" (12.5 to 15 cm) long, racemose or occasionally sparsely branched, few to many flowered inflorescence that is shorter than the leaf with distichous, ovate-lanceolate, cucullate floral bracts and carry a few, somewhat delicate, strongly fragrant flowers. The star-shaped flowers are 2.5-3.8 cm in diameter. The narrow petals of the outer whorl and the broad petals of the inner whorl are white to pale pink. The parts at the base have delicate, purple strips or stripes. These spots gradually turn green. The white lip sometimes has a purple top of the middle plot. The side plots are white, yellow and purple.
GROW AND CARE PHALAENOPSIS MODESTA ORCHID
Cultural information should only be used as a guide, and should be to be adapted to suit you. Your physical location; where you grow your plants, how much time you have to devote to their care, and many other factors, will need to be taken into account. Only then can you decide on the cultural methods that best suit you and your plants.
Light:
Phalaenopsis modesta needs a light level of 10000-12000 lux and keep in partial shade.
Temperature:
The average temperature of the summer day is 29-30 ° C, the night 20 ° C, and the daily difference 9-10 ° C and changes less than 1 ° C throughout the year. This species can not tolerant of large temperature fluctuations.
Humidity:
This plant needs the humidity of 70-85%.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
The substrate must be a mixture of 12-16 mm bark with moisture retaining additives or sphagnum with thick perlite or charcoal. The addition of charcoal supports the health of plants. Repotting is better done after flowering or when new roots grow.
Watering:
Water about once a week. Plants should be constantly moist. It is recommended to use warm water at 18 ° C for watering. Schedule of precipitation is wet / very wet.
Fertilizer:
It is recommended that 1/4-1/2 doses of fertilizer for orchids applied every week or every 2 weeks in the growing season.
Rest period:
Phalaenopsis modesta orchid does not needs a winter rest, so we needs to maintain the given cultivation conditions throughout the year.
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