Gomesa crispa is native to Brazil. This orchid is found at moderate heights in the cool, humid mountains of the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and Minas Gerais...
Gomesa crispa also called as The Curly Gomesa, Gomesa paranaensis, Gomesa undulata, Odontoglossum crispatulum, Rodriguezia crispa, is a species of the genus Gomesa. This species was described by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch ex Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach in 1852.
IDENTIFY GOMESA CRISPA
Gomesa crispa is native to Brazil. This orchid is found at moderate heights in the cool, humid mountains of the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and Minas Gerais. These plants were found in Serra dos Orgáos, which is located north and northeast of the city of Rio de Janeiro, and in Serra de Caldas in the southern part of Minas Gerais, a little north of the city of São Paulo. In the Macaé de Cima forest sanctuary, located northeast of the city of Rio de Janeiro, these orchids meet growing as both epiphytes and in the ground along river banks at an altitude of about 1000 m, in dwarf forests on mountain ridges at an altitude of 1500 m, and on very wet areas between those mentioned. They are popular at ground level in dense forests, in regrowing forests on mossy stumps and in shrubs. High and constant humidity and poor air movement are the conditions in which the best plants were found.
It is a miniature sized, cool growing, medium sized epiphyte, which reaching 19-38 cm in height, with narrowly oblong-conical, compressed, ancipitous, 4-10 cm long and 2.5 cm wide pseudobulbs carrying 2, erect-spreading, membraneous, narrowly ligulate-lanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate, long attenuate below, 15-28 cm long and 2.0-3.5 cm wide leaves.
The Curly Gomesa blooms in the summer through the autumn on a pendant, 20 cm long, densly many flowered inflorescence with fragrant flowers. The flowers are yellow to yellow-green, are 2 cm long, measured from the top of the dorsal petal to the tips of the lateral outer petals, and all the floral elements are strongly twisted and wavy.
GOMESA CRISPA 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:
Gomesa crispa needs a light level of 12000-20000 lux. The level of light should be quite low, the light filtered or scattered, and the plant can never be exposed to the direct sunlight of the midday sun. Although in nature they grow in areas with little air movement, the plants grown are generally healthier and have slight mucking problems if there is a strong air movement.
Temperature:
The average temperature of the summer day is 23-24 ° C, the night 14-15 ° C, and the daily amplitude 9-10 ° C. The average temperature of the winter day is 19 ° C, the night 8-9 ° C, and the daily difference is 10-11 ° C.
Humidity:
The Curly Gomesa needs the humidity of 80-85% throughout the year.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Gomesa crispa can be grown mounted on rootstocks as long as high humidity can be ensured. They can also be grown in pots with any loose, quickly drying ground.
Watering:
Precipitation is moderate to heavy from late spring to autumn. Then their number decreases and a drier winter starts. The cultivated plants should be abundantly watered during the growing season, but excellent drainage should be ensured, and the roots must dry quickly between waterings. At the end of autumn when new growths reach maturity, the amount of water decreases.
Fertilizer:
Weekly use of 1/4-1/2 of the recommended dose of orchid fertilizer is recommended. You can use sustainable fertilizer throughout the year, but you can also use high-nitrogen fertilizer from spring to mid-summer, and then high-phosphoric fertilizer until the end of autumn.
Rest period:
Gomesa crispa in winter need less water, but they can never dry up completely. Fertilization should be reduced or eliminated until spring, when the growth of new increments starts and regular watering is taking place.
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