Cirrhaea fuscolutea is native to Brazil. These orchids meet in the damp, coastal mountains of the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul...
Cirrhaea fuscolutea also called as The Deep Yellow Cirrhaea, Cirrhaea saccata, Scleropteris flava, is a species of the genus Cirrhaea. This species was described by John Lindley in 1833.
IDENTIFY CIRRHAEA FUSCOLUTEA
Cirrhaea fuscolutea is native to Brazil. These orchids meet in the damp, coastal mountains of the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. They usually grow at heights of 600-800 m and although there are reports of their encounters in the states south of São Paulo, and they are very rarely seen outside the state of São Paulo today.
It is a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphytic species, which reaching 30 cm in height with clustered, ovoid, dark green to yellow, furrowed and ridged, 5-6 cm long pseudobulbs carrying a solitary, apical, broadly lanceolate, petiolate, dark green, glabrous, thick, obscurely plicate, 25-30 cm long and 5-6 cm wide leaf.
The Deep Yellow Cirrhaea blooms on a pendant, long, basal inflorescence that flowers for a short period of time in the winter carrying up to 20, fragrant flowers. The parted flowers slightly hang, are fleshy, yellow or greenish-yellow, and the lip is purple. The outer whorls are slightly narrowed at the base and have sharp tips. The upright dorsal flap is elliptical to oval. The inner whorls have a shape from the ribbon to the oval, they are more or less open, slightly twisted, rather bluntly finished. The meaty 3-spotted lip is deflected, slightly twisted claw at the base. The side plots are curved up. The central plot is slightly baggy.
CIRRHAEA FUSCOLUTEA 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:
Cirrhaea fuscolutea needs a light level of 18000-25000 lux. The light should be filtered or dispersed, 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:
The average temperature of the summer day is 24-26 ° C, the night 17-18 ° C, and the daily difference is 7-8 ° C. The average temperature of the winter day is 19 ° C, night 12 ° C, and the daily difference is 7-8 ° C.
Humidity:
From spring to autumn, The Deep Yellow Cirrhaea needs the average humidity of 80-85% and falls to almost 75% in the period of 2-3 winter months.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Cirrhaea fuscolutea are best grown strictly mounted to tree fern rootstocks or in openwork baskets with good drainage. Mounted plants, however, require high humidity and summer watering at least once a day, and during dry and hot weather even several times a day.
You can also use hanging baskets filled with a very loose, quickly drying ground, such as, for example, medium-sized bark or chopped wood fern fiber. The addition of perlite or chopped sphagnum makes it easier to keep the substrate loose and at the same time retains some of the moisture. Often charcoal is also added, which improves the structure of the substrate and prevents soda of the substrate. The plants should be repotted when the substrate begins to decompose or grow out of the container.
Watering:
In the natural habitat, rainfall is relatively abundant for most of the year, but in the period of 2-3 winter months it is slightly drier, although it is not a real dry season. The cultivated plants should be abundantly watered for most of the year, but the substrate can never be soggy or stale. At the end of autumn, when new growths reach maturity, the amount of water should be slightly reduced.
Fertilizer:
It is recommended to apply a 1/4-1/2 dose of fertilizer for orchids every week in the growing season. You can use sustainable fertilizer throughout the year, or use high-nitrogen fertilizer from spring to mid-summer, and then high-phosphoric fertilizer until the end of autumn.
Rest period:
In winter, the amount of water should be slightly reduced, especially when Cirrhaea fuscolutea are grown on a short, dark day at moderate latitudes. The plants, however, can not stay without water for too long. Fertilization should be reduced or eliminated until new growth occurs in the spring and more watering is undertaken.
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