Mormodes revolutum is native to Peru, in the Loreto department near Moyobamba, in the department of Ayacucho between Huanta and the Apurimac River, in the Junín department in the Chanchamayo Valley...
Mormodes revolutum also called as The Back-Bent Mormodes, is a species of the genus Mormodes. This species was described by Rolfe in 1909.
IDENTIFY MORMODES REVOLUTUM
Mormodes revolutum is native to Peru, in the Loreto department near Moyobamba. They are also found in the department of Ayacucho between Huanta and the Apurimac River growing in dense forests at an altitude of 750-1000 m. They can also be found in the Junín department in the Chanchamayo Valley at 1200 m and on the edges of the forests near San Ramón at 900-1300 m .
It is a small sized, cool growing, deciduous epiphyte, which reaching 14-30 cm in height, with conic-ovoid pseudobulbs enveloped by imbricate, distichous, leaf bearing sheaths that have elliptic, acute to short acuminate, 14-30 cm long and up to 3.5 cm wide leaves that are tapered to the conduplicate base.
The Back-Bent Mormodes blooms in the summer on an arcuate, 10 to 15 flowered inflorescence that arises from near the apex of a leafless pseudobulb and is held at basal pseudobulb height carrying fragrant flowers. The flowers are about 5 cm in diameter and very variable colors. They may have petals of both whorls in red, brown or leathery-yellow, while the lip may have a cream, yellow, pink or brown color. The dorsal petal is long-lanceolate, pointed-tipped with slightly curved apex and undulating margins. The outward side petals are similar to the dorsolateral, but are slightly wider, slightly oblique and bent. The inner whorls are similar to the outer whorls, are lanceolate or ovate to lanceolate, pointed and slightly wider than the lateral outer petals. A bent up and cup-shaped lip is 3-lobed near or slightly above the center. The side plots and the top are curved and gradually tapered at the base to form a thickened claw. After spreading the lip is smooth, has a diamond shape. Small, blunt side plots are short, with a small loose part that is semi-circular, ovoid or elongated. Much larger central plot is triangular to ovate and has a strongly bent, sharp tipped top. The small, curved spine is a single twist and ends with a sharp tip.
MORMODES REVOLUTUM CARE AND CULTURE
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:
Mormodes revolutum needs a light level of 25000-40000 lux. They grow best in bright, but slightly diffused light and need protection from direct southern sun. Strong air movement should be ensured all the time.
Temperature:
It is a plant with moderate to warm temperature requirements. Throughout the year, the average day temperature is 26-28 ° C, and the average night temperature is 14-16 ° C, with a daily amplitude of 11-13 ° C.
Humidity:
The Back-Bent Mormodes needs the humidity of 75-80% throughout the year.
Substrate, growing media:
Mormodes revolutum are often grown in pots or baskets filled with a loose substrate, well draining excess water, consisting of chopped tree fern fibers or bark. Sphagnum moss or perlite, which will retain some moisture, and charcoal can be added to this basic material to improve the aeration of the substrate and prevent acidification. In addition to the standard fir bark substrate, growers are using clean sphagnum moss, pumice, cork pieces, and even a mixture of equal parts of fermented and fresh horse manure and charcoal.
They can also be fixed on pieces of tree ferns, as long as high humidity is ensured, and during the summer they will be watered at least once a day. In the period of extremely hot and dry weather, attached plants may require even several waterings during the day.
Repotting and dividing:
Repotting is not absolutely necessary until the substrate begins to decompose. If only sphagnum moss is used as the substrate, then annual replanting will be necessary, because such a substrate decomposes quite quickly. Repotting is carried out when a new growth appears at the base of the pseudobulb.
All pseudobulbs should be separated and only 1-2 pseudobulbs are left in the pot. Because the old roots are dying, most of them can be cut off. A few can be left to facilitate plant fixing in new substrate until new roots develop. After repotting, no plants are watered until the new growth will release the roots into a new substrate, and its height will reach 10-12 cm. Then you can take a normal watering, but be careful, because water can easily get to the funnel-like new growth and cause it to rot. To avoid this danger, it is recommend for placing a small amount of Banrot or other fungicide powder in this funnel. After repotting 1-2 pseudobulbs, the remaining can be used as the beginnings of new plants. Old roots should be removed, and place the pseudobulbs flat in a shallow container with sphagnum moss.
After some time, from the bottom or sides of the pseudobulb grows new growths, it is in the waiting period, which can take several months, older tubers should be placed in an upright position in empty pots. When a new growth appears, place the pseudobulb in the pot with the substrate so that the new growth is on the surface or slightly below. If there are several increments along the sides of the pseudobulb, simply place it on the surface of the substrate.
Watering:
Precipitation is abundant to very intense throughout the year. Mormodes revolutum should be watered frequently during periods of intensive growth, but excellent drainage should be ensured so that the ground around the roots is never spread or soggy.
Fertilizer:
Mormodes revolutum should be fertilized every week 1/4-1/2 of the recommended dose of fertilizer for orchids. A fertilizer with a high nitrogen content is beneficial from spring to mid-summer, and a fertilizer richer in phosphorus should be used in late summer and autumn.
Rest period:
When the leaves fall down, Mormodes revolutum need less water. In winter, give only enough water to keep the dormant pseudobulbs from wrinkling too much - excessive winter watering is the fastest way to kill the plants. You even force the plants to rest at the end of autumn by cutting off the leaves that have not fallen. Fertilization should be eliminated until new growths appear and more watering begins in the spring. The new growths are extremely sensitive to rotting, so you have to be careful that during watering the water does not get into the growing tops of young growths.
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