Mormodes wolterianum is native Peru. These plants were encountered in the Junín department, but there is no information about the location of the habitat or its height...
Mormodes wolterianum also called as Wolter's Mormodes, Mormodes wolteriana, is a species of the genus Mormodes. This species was described by Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin in 1910.
IDENTIFY MORMODES WOLTERIANUM
Mormodes wolterianum is native Peru. These plants were encountered in the Junín department, but there is no information about the location of the habitat or its height.
Wolter's Mormodes is a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with 10 or less fragrant flowers. The orange-brown flowers have ovate to the lanceolate petals of the outer whorl with a length of 3.3 cm and a width of 1 cm at the base, and sharp tips with folded edges. The inner whorls are similar to the outer whorls, but are slightly longer and narrower. The lip has a rhombic shape in outline, with a wedge-like or short-clawed base and a pointed tip. The 3-flap lip has up to 3 cm in length and 2 cm in width on the lower flowers in the bunch, but it is much smaller on the flowers located closer to the apex. The side lobes of the lip are shorter than the middle, triangular and sharp ends. The middle plot narrows to form a sharp top. The shield is bluntly carved in the middle and has several soft, long hairs. A densely covered with a mesh, the backbone usually curves to the left.
MORMODES WOLTERIANUM 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:
Mormodes wolterianum needs a light level of 25000-40000 lux. The plants grow best in bright, but slightly diffused light and need protection from direct southern sun. Strong air movement should be ensured all the time.
Temperature:
It is a plant with moderate thermal requirements. Throughout the year, the average day temperature is 26-28 ° C, and the average night temperature is 14-16 ° C, with a daily amplitude of 11-13 ° C.
Humidity:
Wolter's Mormodes needs the humidity of 75-80% throughout the year.
Substrate, growing media:
Mormodes wolterianum can be planted in a medium of bark or tree fern fibers of medium gradation mixed with sphagnum moss with high humidity, and during the summer they will be irrigated at least once a day. In the case of such suspended plants, during the dry and hot periods it may be necessary to water several times a day.
These plants can also grow in pots or baskets, using a loose substrate that rapidly drains excess water that contains substances that retain a certain amount, such as sphagnum cut peat moss and perlite. Wood charcoal is also often added to ensure the air permeability of the substrate and protection against acidification. In addition to the standard fir bark substrate, you can use sphagnum moss, pumice, cork pieces, and even a mixture of equal parts of fermented and fresh horse manure and charcoal.
Repotting and dividing:
If only sphagnum moss is used as the substrate, then annual repotting will be necessary, because such a substrate decomposes quite quickly. Many breeders recommend repotting every year regardless of the type of substrate used, but this is not absolutely necessary until it begins to decompose. Repotting is carried out when a new growth appears at the base of the pseudobulb. All pseudobulbs should be separated and only 1-2 pseudobulbs are left in the pot. Some breeders report that they separate plants into individual pseudobulbs. Because the old roots are dying, most of them can be cut off. A few can be left to facilitate plant fixing in new substrate until new roots develop. After repotting, no plants are watered until the new growth will release the roots into a new substrate and its height will reach 10-12 cm. Only then you can take a normal watering, paying attention to the fact that the water does not get into the funnel parting in the new growth, because it can destroy the growth due to decay.
Watering:
Mormodes wolterianum should often be watered during active growth, but excellent drainage should be ensured so that the substrate within the roots is not degraded or soggy.
Fertilizer:
The plants should be fertilized every week 1/4-1/2 of the recommended dose of fertilizer for orchids. A fertilizer with a high nitrogen content is often preferred in the period from spring to mid-summer, and a fertilizer richer in phosphorus has a positive effect in late summer and autumn.
Rest period:
When the leaves fall down, the Mormodes wolterianum need less water, just to prevent excessive pseudobulb wrinkles. Excessive watering in the winter is the fastest way to kill the plants. You can force the plant to be slept by cutting the leaves that have not fallen to the end of autumn. Fertilization should be eliminated until new growths appear and more watering begins in the spring. New increments are extremely sensitive to rotting, so you have to be very careful.
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