Calanthe vestita is native to Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java and Sulawesi. In Myanmar, the plants were found near Mergui and Moulmein. On the Thai peninsula, the plants were found near Ranong and elsewhere on this peninsula...
Calanthe vestita also called as The Calanthe that is Surrounded by Bracts, Alismorchis vestita, Amblyglottis pilosa, Calanthe barberiana, Calanthe darblayana, Calanthe hennisii, Calanthe inquilinax, Calanthe masuca var. luteo-oculta, Calanthe masuca var. nivalis, Calanthe melinosema, Calanthe padangensis, Calanthe pilosa, Calanthe regnieri, Calanthe stevensiana, Calanthe stevensii, Calanthe turneri, Calanthe turneri var. nivalis, Calanthe vestita var. fournieri, Calanthe vestita var. igneo-oculata, Calanthe vestita var. lutea, Calanthe vestita var. oculata-gigantea, Calanthe vestita var. oweniana, Calanthe vestita var. rubra-oculta, Calanthe vestita var. sumatrana, Calanthe vestita var. turneri, Calanthe vestita var. williamsii, Calanthe violacea, Calanthe williamsii, Cytheris griffithii, Phaius vestitus, Preptanthe vestita, Preptanthe villosa, is a species of the genus Calanthe. This species was described by Nathaniel Wallich ex John Lindley in 1833.
IDENTIFY CALANTHE VESTITA
Calanthe vestita is native to Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java and Sulawesi. In Myanmar, the plants were found near Mergui and Moulmein. On the Thai peninsula, the plants were found near Ranong and elsewhere on this peninsula. In Malaysia they were encountered only once, growing on limestone near Batu Caves, slightly to the north-east of Kuala Lumpur. A Sumatran variety was originally found between Padang Panjang and Kampong Tengah in the western part of Sumatra, at an altitude of about 1000 m, but later it was also encountered in other places in western and northern Sumatra. In Borneo, the plants meet in Kalimantan, Sarawaku and Sabah.
It is a medium sized, hot to warm growing, terrestrial or occasional lithophytic orchid with subconical bluntly angled, pale greenish grey, 8-12 cm long pseudobulbs carrying broadly lanceolate, acuminate, prominently ribbed underneath, deciduous, 45-60 cm long and 10-12 cm wide leaves that narrow basally into a channeled and winged petiole.
The Calanthe that is Surrounded by Bracts blooms in the winter on a basal, suberect and then nodding 90 cm long, 6 to 15 flowered, racemose inflorescence with the peduncle pubescent and the bracts, ovate-lanceolate, and the fragile textured, long-lived flowers all arising before the leaves. The flowers are 5.0-7.5 cm in diameter and are white with a yellow or red thickening and may sometimes have a pink color on the lip. The flakes of both whorls are spread out, but they are more or less bent near the tops.
CALANTHE VESTITA 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:
Calanthe vestita needs a light level of 25000-35000 lux. Moderately bright light should be slightly filtered or scattered, and the plants should not be exposed to the direct sunlight of the midday sun. Strong air movement should be ensured all the time.
Temperature:
It is a thermophilic plant. In summer, the average day temperature is 27-28 ° C, night 22 ° C, which gives a daily difference of 5-6 ° C. In spring, the average temperature of such a spring day is 30-33 ° C, the night 21-22 ° C, and the daily span lowers from 12 to 7 ° C. In winter, the average day temperature is 29-32 ° C, and the night 17-18 ° C, with a daily amplitude of 11-13 ° C.
Humidity:
In summer and at the beginning of autumn, The Calanthe that is Surrounded by Bracts needs the humidity over 90%, then it gradually decreases to 65-70% in winter and at the beginning of spring.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Calanthe vestita require a rich substrate with excellent drainage. You can use a mixture of 1 part of fertile clay soil, 1 part of well-fermented manure, 1/2 part of cut osmunda fern and 1/2 part of chopped tree fern fiber or a mixture consisting of 6 parts of fine bark, 1 part of pearlite or pumice, and 3 parts of peat mixed with live moss sphagnum. One part of charcoal can be added to each of the aforementioned mixtures, which improves the airiness of the substrate and prevents it from getting sour. After reaching maturity, they lose their leaves, and then grows inflorescence. It also recommends reducing or even stopping watering when the plants bloom.
After flowering, the plants should be removed from the pots, pseudobulbs cleaned, and all old roots removed. The plants should be divided into individual pseudobulbs and then for the winter season located without roots in a cool, dry place. When new growths reach a height of about 5 cm in spring, they should be planted again. These plants should be split and repotted each year, because this ensures the creation of flowers.
Watering:
In the given natural habitats, rainfall is extremely abundant from the end of spring until autumn. Then their average drops sharply, going into a 4 month dry season in the winter and early spring. Calanthe vestita should be watered abundantly during periods of intensive growth, but excellent drainage should be ensured so that the ground around the roots is never spread or soggy. When new growths reach maturity in the autumn, the amount of water should be reduced.
Fertilizer:
During the active growth, the plants should be fertilized every week 1/4-1/2 of the recommended dose of fertilizer for orchids. You can use sustainable fertilizer throughout the year, but also can use fertilizer with an increased nitrogen content from spring to mid summer, and then, in late summer and autumn, begin to use a fertilizer with a higher content of phosphorus.
Rest period:
In the winter and early spring, the amount of water should be significantly reduced or even eliminated during flowering, and normal watering should be resumed only when the growth of new increments begins and the Calanthe vestita are repotted in the spring. Fertilization should be eliminated until new growths appear and more watering begins in the spring.
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