Cochlioda vulcanica is native to Ecuador and Peru. For the first time this rock orchid was found in 1872 in Ecuador. They were found in the Tungurahua Province on the Tungurahua volcano at an altitude of 3050-3350 m...
Cochlioda vulcanica also called as The Volcano Cochlioda, Cochlioda vulcanica var. splendens, Mesospinidium vulcanicum, Oncidium vulcanicum, is a species of the genus Cochlioda. This species was described by George Bentham & Joseph Dalton Hooker ex Robert Allen Rolfe in 1893.
IDENTIFY COCHLIODA VULCANICA
Cochlioda vulcanica is native to Ecuador and Peru. For the first time this rock orchid was found in 1872 in Ecuador. They were found in the Tungurahua Province on the Tungurahua volcano at an altitude of 3050-3350 m. Since then, it has been found both on the eastern and western slopes of the Andes, including in the province of Tungurahua near Baños at an altitude of 1800-3200 m, in the Province of Napo between Papallacta and Baeza at an altitude of 2050 m, and in the Province of Pichincha on the new road between Quito and Santo Domingo at an altitude of 2000-2500 m. They grow as lithophytes on the walls gorges at high altitude, in damp mountain forests. They were also found in northern Peru in the Amazonas department, where they grew in the lower parts of very humid mountain forests, usually high on exposed branches, at heights of 2100-2300 m.
It is a cool to cold growing, caespitose, bifoliate lithophyte or epiphyte, which reaching 13-20 cm in height, with an ovoid, laterally compressed, 1.5-2.0 cm long pseudobulb having a single, apical, oblong, attenuate to a short, conduplicate petiole, acute, 10-15 cm long and 1.5 cm wide leaf.
The Volcano Cochlioda blooms on an basal, axillary, erect to arcuate, to 30 cm long, racemose inflorescence that is much longer than the leaves and subtended by a leaf or dried leaf sheath with 6 to 18, widely opening flowers occurring in the late summer and fall on mature pseudobulbs. The flowers are up to 3.8 cm high from the apex of the straight dorsal leaf to the ends of obliquely decomposed side lobes. The star-shaped flowers are spread out, pink-purple or vividly pink-carmine in addition to the crest on the lip and apex of the spine, which are white.
COCHLIODA VULCANICA 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:
Temperature:
It is a plant with moderate thermal requirements. The average temperature of the day throughout the year is 21-23 ° C, and the night 11-13 ° C, which gives a daily difference of 9-11 ° C.
Humidity:
The Volcano Cochlioda needs the humidity of probably around 80% throughout the year.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
You can use any loose substrate. These plants can also be grown on rootstocks.
Watering:
Precipitation is moderate to heavy for most of the year, there is no clear dry season. The cultivated plants should be abundantly watered during active growth, but excellent drainage is necessary and the roots should almost dry out between waterings.
Fertilizer:
During the active growth, the plants should be fertilized every week 1/4-1/2 of the recommended dose of fertilizer for orchids.
Rest period:
The amount of water can be slightly reduced in winter, especially if the Cochlioda vulcanica are grown on a short, dark day at moderate latitudes. However, they can never dry up completely. When the amount of water decreases, fertilization must be reduced or eliminated.
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