Rhynchostele cordata is native to Mexico and the south through Central America to Costa Rica. In Mexico, these plants are meet in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca, Guerrero and Chiapas, where they grow mainly on trees in damp, misty mixed forests at heights of 1900-2500 m...
Rhynchostele cordata also called as The Heart-Shaped Rhynchostele, Amparoa cordata, Amparoa duvivieriana, Cymbiglossum cordatum, Lemboglossum cordatum, Lemboglossum cordatum f. sulphureum, Odontoglossum cordatum, Odontoglossum cordatum var. aureum, Odontoglossum cordatum var. sulphureum, Odontoglossum hookeri, Odontoglossum lueddemannii, Odontoglossum maculatum, Odontoglossum maculatum var. duvivierianum, Rhynchostele x duvivieriana, is a species of the genus Rhynchostele. This species was described by Soto Arenas & Salazar in 1993.
IDENTIFY RHYNCHOSTELE CORDATA
Rhynchostele cordata is native to Mexico and the south through Central America to Costa Rica. In Mexico, these plants are meet in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca, Guerrero and Chiapas, where they grow mainly on trees in damp, misty mixed forests at heights of 1900-2500 m. In Guatemala, they are even found at 3000 m near the city of Guatemata and on the southern slopes of the Atitlán volcano, but also found in El Salvador grow at heights of 1900-2100 m. They were also found in Venezuela at an altitude of around 2500 m in the state of Táchira, where they grew on exposed places on fallen trees, along the trail from Las Copas to Alto de Tierra Negra.
It is a small to medium sized, cold to warm epiphytically and sometimes terrestrially species, which reaching up to 40 cm high, with ellipsoid-ovoid, flattened, 4.5-9.0 cm long and 2-4 cm wide pseudobulbs subtended by several scarious, 2 to 4, conduplicate below and leaf-bearing above sheaths and carrying a single, apical, elliptic-lanceolate, apiculate, 9-30 cm long leaf that is conduplicate basally.
The Heart-Shaped Rhynchostele blooms in the spring on a basal, erect, to 30 to 60 cm long, racemose, 4 to 12 flowered inflorescence arising from on a mature pseudobulb from the leaf bearing sheaths with lanceolate, acuminate bracts. The flowers 4.0-7.5 cm in diameter may be white, yellow or yellowish-green with a lot of spots, dots or lines in brown, light brown or reddish brown. The flakes of both whorls are spread out and narrow gradually, forming a long, narrow top. They are almost the same length, but the inner whorl flakes are slightly wider than the spine flake. The outer whorls have pronounced bumps on the underside, and the ridge petals have slightly curled edges. The lateral outer petals are slightly narrower than the dorsal petal and have more curled edges. The lip is white with wavy red and brown edges at the base, and the pointed tip has the same color as the petals of both whorls.
RHYNCHOSTELE CORDATA 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:
Rhynchostele cordata needs a light level of 15000-25000 lux.
Temperature:
The average temperature of the summer day is 20 ° C, night 10 ° C, which gives a daily difference of 10 ° C. The average temperature of the winter day is 17-18 ° C, the night 6-7 ° C, giving a daily difference of 9-12 ° C.
Humidity:
The Heart-Shaped Rhynchostele needs the humidity of almost 80% throughout the year, but in winter and spring it drops to 70-75%.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Rhynchostele cordata are usually grown in pots with a loose, airy, fast-drying substrate.
Watering:
In the natural habitat, the precipitation is abundant from late spring until autumn, but then their number rapidly decreases by going to a 5-6 month dry season, which begins at the end of autumn and lasts until the beginning of the next spring. The cultivated plants should be abundantly watered during the growing season, but their roots must always dry quickly after watering. In late autumn, the amount of water should be reduced, but the plants can not dry out completely.
Fertilizer:
Weekly use of 1/4-1/2 dose of fertilizers during active growth is recommended.
Rest period:
Watering in winter should be limited, but the amount of water should be enough that the pseudobulbs do not wrinkle. The need for water of Rhynchostele cordata should satisfy fogging in the early morning between uncommon, light watering. Fertilization should be reduced or eliminated until spring, when normal watering is resumed.
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