Warczewiczella amazonica is native to Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. In Brazil, the plants meet in the state of Amazonas. In Ecuador, they were found on the eastern slopes of the Andes near Puyo in the province of Pastaza and near the Rio Yasuri in the province of Napo at an altitude of 200 m...
Warczewiczella amazonica also called as The Amazon Warczewiczella, Chondrorhyncha amazonica, Cochleanthes amazonica, Warscewiczella lindeni, Zygopetalum amazonicum, Zygopetalum lindeni, is a species of the genus Warczewiczella. This species was described by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach & Josef Ritter von Rawicz Warszewicz in 1854.
IDENTIFY WARCZEWICZELLA AMAZONICA
Warczewiczella amazonica is native to Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. In Brazil, the plants meet in the state of Amazonas. In Ecuador, they were found on the eastern slopes of the Andes near Puyo in the province of Pastaza and near the Rio Yasuri in the province of Napo at an altitude of 200 m. They grow in shade on trees in the habitats of damp forests, at heights of about 1000 m. In Peru, this orchid is found on the eastern slopes of the Andes near Leoncio Prado, in the east of the Huanuco department. They grow there in damp forests at an altitude of about 670 m.
It is a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte, which reaching up to a height of 30 cm, with a fan-shaped spread of ligulate-lanceolate, 30 cm long and 2.5 cm wide leaves that are attenuate and articulate into the leaf sheaths below.
The Amazon Warczewiczella blooms on an basal, erect to descending, short to 25 cm long peduncle with a solitary, waxy, lightly scented flower held below the leaves occurring in the winter and early spring. The flowers, described as the largest and most beautiful of this kind, are about 5 cm wide and 8 cm high, counting from the top of the dorsal petal to the tip of the lip. The flakes of both whorls and the prong are white. The white lip and thickening are marked with veins in a contrasting purple-red color.
WARCZEWICZELLA AMAZONICA 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:
Warczewiczella amazonica needs a light level of 12000-20000 lux. The plants need quite shady conditions with filtered or diffused light. Strong air movement should be ensured all the time.
Temperature:
It is a thermophilic plant. The average temperature of the day during the whole year is 29-31 ° C, the night 17-19 ° C, which gives a daily amplitude of 11-14 ° C.
Humidity:
The Amazon Warczewiczella needs the humidity of about 80% for most of the year.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Warczewiczella amazonica grow best in open baskets with excellent drainage, rather loosely filled with tree fern fibers or a mixture of these fibers and chopped sphagnum moss. Some add pieces of pearlite to improve the airiness of the substrate and retain some moisture and charcoal, which also keeps the substrate more loose and prevents its acidification. The plants of this type do not grow well in pots.
The plants should be repotted immediately when the substrate begins to decompose or grow out of the pots. If repotting is done at the time when new roots begin to appear, the plant will be accepted and rooted in the shortest possible time.
Watering:
Precipitation is abundant and very abundant throughout the year. The cultivated plants should be abundantly watered, especially during active growth. They must have perfect drainage, and the ground around the roots can never be soggy or damp. Because these plants do not have the capacity to store water, they can never be allowed to dry completely.
Fertilizer:
During the active growth, the plants should be fertilized every week 1/4-1/2 of the recommended dose of fertilizer for orchids. You can use sustainable fertilizers throughout the year, but also can use fertilizer with an increased nitrogen content from spring to mid-summer, and then, in late summer and autumn, fertilizer enriched with phosphorus.
Rest period:
Watering in winter can be somewhat reduced, especially in the case of Warczewiczella amazonica grown in dark places, in the conditions of a short day typical of higher latitudes. However, these plants should never be dried. If watering is limited, fertilization should also be reduced.
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