Sievekingia marsupialis is native to Ecuador. Specimens of this species were encountered in the province of Morona-Santiago in southern Ecuador. It grew near Sucúa at an altitude of 800 m...
Sievekingia marsupialis also called as The Bag-Shaped Sievekingia, Sievekingia herrenhusana, is a species of the genus Sievekingia. This species was described by Dodson in 1984.
IDENTIFY SIEVEKINGIA MARSUPIALIS
Sievekingia marsupialis is native to Ecuador. Specimens of this species were encountered in the province of Morona-Santiago in southern Ecuador. It grew near Sucúa at an altitude of 800 m. Since then, more specimens of this plant were encountered near Puyo in the province of Pastaza. It grows as an epiphyte in the wet, lower parts of mountain forests.
It is a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte, which reaching 34 cm in height, with pyriform, ribbed, 4.5 cm long pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several dry sheaths and carrying a thin, plicate, elliptical, acute, 30 cm long and 7.5 cm wide leaf that narrows towards the base into an elongate petiole.
The Bag-Shaped Sievekingia blooms in the winter through summer on a lateral to pendant, short to 5 cm long, 3 to 15 flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb and surrounded by loose, scarious bracts. The 5 cm in diameter flowers have white outer petals and white inner petals, the lip and the spine are orange, the lip of the lip is darker, red-orange. The parts of the flower directed towards each other result in a cup-like shape of a flower which does not decompose to the sides.
SIEVEKINGIA MARSUPIALIS 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:
Sievekingia marsupialis needs a light level of 15000-23000 lux. Partial shading providing filtered or diffused light is recommended. The plants should be protected from direct sunlight. Strong air movement should be ensured all the time.
Temperature:
It is a thermophilic plant. Throughout the year - the daily average temperatures is 25-27 ° C, average night temperatures 16-13 ° C, with an amplitude of daily fluctuations of 9-11 ° C.
Humidity:
The Bag-Shaped Sievekingia needs the humidity of 85-90% throughout the year.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Sievekingia marsupialis is easier to grow if it is mounted on a tree fern substrate. However, assembled plants require high humidity and watering at least once a day during high temperatures. In the period of extremely hot and dry weather, assembled plants may require even a few waterings during the day.
You can also use small baskets made of wooden slats or wire mesh with large mesh for growing these plants. The baskets should be lined with sphagnum moss and filled with coarse, water-permeable substrate. You need to pay attention to the fact that the substrate should be moist, but it can not be wet, because the roots have to dry relatively quickly after watering.
Repotting or dividing the plants should be done when new increments appear. This allows plants to root in the shortest time, which minimizes stress.
Watering:
Rainfall is significant throughout the year. The plants should be watered abundantly during the period of intensive growth, but the outflow of water must be facilitated and the ground around the roots should be open, with easy access of air.
Fertilizer:
During the active growth, the plants should be fertilized every week 1/4-1/2 of the recommended dose of fertilizer for orchids. Balanced fertilizer can be used all year round, however, you can also use high-nitrogen fertilizer from spring to mid-summer and then switch to high-phosphor composition in the second half of summer and autumn.
Rest period:
Sievekingia marsupialis may need less water if they do not grow actively or are grown at low levels of light during short days typical of average latitudes. However, these plants should never be dried. In winter, when watering plants is limited, fertilization should also be reduced.
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