Odontoglossum kegeljani is native to Ecuador and Peru. This orchid meets between Cuenca and Limón in the provinces of Azuay and Morona-Santiago and in the province of Loja in southwestern Ecuador...
Odontoglossum kegeljani also called as Kegel's Odontoglossum, Odontoglossum polyxanthum, Oncidium kegeljani, is a species of the genus Odontoglossum. This species was described by E.Morren in 1877.
IDENTIFY ODONTOGLOSSUM KEGELJANI
Odontoglossum kegeljani is native to Ecuador and Peru. This orchid meets between Cuenca and Limón in the provinces of Azuay and Morona-Santiago and in the province of Loja in southwestern Ecuador. In Peru, it occurs in the most northwestern part of the country near Huancabamba in the Piura department. They grow on trees in damp, high-mountain forests at heights of 2400-2500 m, usually on fairly bright stands at the edges of forests or forest clearances.
It is a medium sized, cold growing epiphyte, which reaching 30 cm in height, with a closely set, elliptic-ovoid, smooth, laterally compressed, ancipitous, longitudinally rugose with age, 8 cm long and 3 cm wide at the base pseudobulb subtended by 3 to 4 scarious leaf-bearing sheaths and has 2 apical, lanceolate, conduplicate towards the short, petiole-like base, up to 22 cm long and 3 cm wide leaves.
Kegel's Odontoglossum gives rise to an axillary, erect to slightly arching, 32.5 cm long, paniculate inflorescence arising on a newly maturing pseudobulb with 5 to 12 fragrant flowers occurring in the spring. The flowers are wide spread, fragrant, shiny, with petals of both whorls of lemon-yellow color with a small amount of nut-brown spots. The spots on the inner whorl flakes are smaller than those on the outer whorl flakes and are arranged only near the base of the petals. The flowers are up to 7.5 cm in diameter. The claw and the part at the base of the lip are yellowish-white. The greater part of the lip, however, is chocolate-brown with a narrow, white border. The thickening on the lip is white, and the stump and wings of the spine are milky white with a few brown dots on the wings.
ODONTOGLOSSUM KEGELJANI 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 summer day is 21-22 ° C, night 10-11 ° C, giving a daily difference of 11-13 ° C. Low night temperatures are important because they can help overcome the bad impact of hot days. The average temperature of the winter day is 19 ° C, the night 8-9 ° C, giving a daily difference of 10-11 ° C.
Humidity:
Kegel's Odontoglossum needs the humidity of almost 75% throughout the year.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
You can use any loose, fast-drying substrate.
Watering:
Precipitation measured at the given station is small to moderate throughout the year, with a slightly drier period in winter and early spring. The cultivated plants should often be watered during the growing season, but excellent drainage must be ensured so that the roots can dry quickly after watering.
Fertilizer:
During the active growth of the plant should be fertilized every week 1/4-1/2 of the recommended dose of fertilizer for orchids.
Rest period:
In winter, Odontoglossum kegeljani need less water, but they should never dry up completely. If the pseudobulbs start to wrinkle excessively or show other signs of stress, you need increase the amount of water. Fertilization should be eliminated until new growths appear in the spring and more watering starts.
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