Rodriguezia leeana is native to Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. In Brazil, these plants are found in the hot, humid Amazonas and Renambuco states. In Venezuela, they were met in the area of Rio Orinoco...
Rodriguezia leeana also called as Lee's Rodriguezia, Burlingtonia leeana, is a species of the genus Rodriguezia. This species was described by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach in 1883.
IDENTIFY RODRIGUEZIA LEEANA
Rodriguezia leeana is native to Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. In Brazil, these plants are found in the hot, humid Amazonas and Renambuco states. In Venezuela, they were met in the area of Rio Orinoco, where the Rio Orinoco connects to Rio Mabaca, at a height of about 150 m and slightly downstream of the Rio Orinoco in Esmeralda, at an altitude of about 140 m. These plants grew on tall trees near the banks of the river. In Ecuador, these plants were encountered on the eastern slopes of the Andes, in the Province of Napo (250 m), between Baños and Puyo in the Province of Tungurahua (1350 m), and between Zamora and Gualaquiza in the Province of Zamora-Chinchipe (1000 m). In Colombia, these plants were found in the Amazon Basin.
It is a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphytic species, which reaching 35 cm in height, with strongly laterally compressed, ellipsoid, ancipitous, 5 cm long and 2 cm wide pseudobulbs enveloped almost completely by 2 to 3 imbricating, lower leafless upper leaf-bearing sheaths equal in length to the single apical, linear-lanceolate, conduplicate, acute, up to 30 cm long and 3 cm wide leaf that is "V" shaped in cross section.
Lee's Rodriguezia blooms in the winter on an axillary, pendulous, racemose, 15 cm long, 6 to 8 flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb through the leaf axil. The flowers are up to 4 cm in diameter, and the dorsal petal, the petals of the inner whorl and the lip at the base are directed forward, but in the middle of the length they diverge. The side outer petals are connected along their inner edges and roll up along the outer edges to form a tubular surface facing back at the base, and then curvedly forward, so that the upper half is directed forward under the lip. The petals of both whorls are white with a variable amount of pinkish coloration. The lip is white, sometimes with pink coloration and has a yellow disc. The column and the cover of the anther chamber are white.
RODRIGUEZIA LEEANA 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:
Rodriguezia leeana needs a light level of 25000-35000 lux. Clear, diffused light is recommended.
Temperature:
The average temperature of the day throughout the year is 25-27 ° C, night 16-17 ° C, giving a daily difference of 9-11 ° C.
Humidity:
Lee's Rodriguezia needs the humidity of the air of 85-90% throughout the year.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
It is best to grow Rodriguezia leeana on tree fern rootstocks, with high humidity ensured and watering is carried out at least once a day in summer. When growing in pots, any loose, fibrous, fast-drying substrate is recommended. Repotting is best done at the beginning of spring, when new roots grow.
Watering:
Precipitation in a natural habitat is very abundant throughout the year. The plants should be watered abundantly, but there must be perfect drainage.
Fertilizer:
It is recommended to apply a 1/4-1/2 dose of orchid fertilizer weekly. From spring to mid-summer, high-nitrogen fertilizer should be used, and then until the end of autumn high-phosphoric fertilizer.
Rest period:
In winter, Rodriguezia leeana require less water, especially those grown in dark, short days at moderate latitudes. They should never dry up completely. If the amount of water is limited, then the amount of fertilizer should be limited.
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