Barkeria lindleyana is native to Costa Rica and Mexico. They grows on trees and shrubs at heights of 800-1600 m. Sometimes they grows on rocks in the Mexican states of Michoacan, Guerrero, Oaxaca and Puebla at heights of 1000-2000 m...
Barkeria lindleyana also called as Lindley's Barkeria, Barkeria lindleyana var centrae, Barkeria lindleyana ssp. lindleyana, Epidendrum lindleyanum, Epidendrum lindleyanum var centrae, is a species of the genus Barkeria. This species was described by James Bateman ex John Lindley in 1842.
IDENTIFY BARKERIA LINDLEYANA
Barkeria lindleyana is native to Costa Rica and Mexico. They grows on trees and shrubs at heights of 800-1600 m. Sometimes they grows on rocks in the Mexican states of Michoacan, Guerrero, Oaxaca and Puebla at heights of 1000-2000 m.
It is a medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphytic or lithophytic orchid, which reaching a height of 90 cm including a tall, upright flower shoot, with cane-like, 4-15 cm long and 0.6 cm in diameter stems enveloped with basal leaf sheaths and oblanceolate, acute, clasping at the base, 15 cm long leaves.
Lindley's Barkeria blooms in the fall on a 80 cm long, arcuate, laxly 5 to 20 flowered, racemose inflorescence arising on a mature stem with grayish papery bracts and large, showy, nodding flowers. The flowers are quite rarely arranged on a floral shoot and have up to 5-7 cm in diameter. Although they are very variable in the color scheme, they usually have a lilac shade. The lilac lip, with a variable shape, has a white center and darker lilac dots on the top.
BARKERIA LINDLEYANA 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:
Barkeria lindleyana needs a light level of 25000-40000 lux. A rather clear position is required, but the light should be filtered or dispersed, and the direct midday sun should be avoided. Strong air movement should be ensured all the time.
Temperature:
It is a thermophilic plant. Throughout the year, the average day temperature is 24-27 ° C, night 14-17 ° C, with an amplitude of daily variations of 8-11 ° C.
Humidity:
Lindley's Barkeria needs the humidity of 80-85% for most of the year, but in winter and early spring it drops to around 70%.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Barkeria lindleyana should be grown attached to pieces of tree fern or cork, but in the summer it requires high humidity and daily watering. In the summer during hot, dry weather, it may be necessary to water several times a day. If the plants can not be hung, you can use small flat pots or baskets filled with a very well permeable substrate. The bar does not grow very well in pots, and only some can adapt to growing in baskets. The basket must be filled with the minimum amount of very thick substrate, e.g. pieces of tree fern.
Watering:
From late spring to autumn, the precipitation is very abundant, but their average falls dramatically during the winter. During active growth, the cultivated plants should be watered abundantly, while in autumn, when new growths reach maturity, the amount of water should be reduced.
Fertilizer:
The plants should be fertilized every week 1/4-1/2 of the recommended dose of fertilizer for orchids. During the active growth, the plant should be fertilized every week with a balanced fertilizer for orchids. You can use fertilizers with reduced nitrogen content in the late summer and autumn period, and increased phosphorus to improve flowering in the next season and strengthen new growth before winter.
Rest period:
In winter, watering of Barkeria lindleyana should be limited, but must not be allowed to stay dry for a long time. Periodic morning sprinkling, especially on bright, sunny days, should provide to the plants the water needed to protect them from excessive drying. Fertilization should be limited or should be dispensed with completely until spring, when the growth of plants begins and again stronger watering resumes.
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