Warczewiczella discolor is native to Costa Rica and Panama. This orchid usually grows on tree branches and larger branches of trees in the lower floor of rainforests. They are usually found at heights of 1200-1850, but may occur even at an altitude of 700 m or 2300 m...
Warczewiczella discolor also called as The Different Colored Warczewiczella, Chondrorhyncha discolor, Cochleanthes discolor, Warrea discolor, Zygopetalum discolor, is a species of the genus Warczewiczella. This species was described by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach in 1852.
IDENTIFY WARCZEWICZELLA DISCOLOR
Warczewiczella discolor is native to Costa Rica and Panama. This orchid usually grows on tree branches and larger branches of trees in the lower floor of rainforests. They are usually found at heights of 1200-1850, but may occur even at an altitude of 700 m or 2300 m. In Costa Rica, these plants were encountered in the departments of Heredia, Alajuela, Cartago, Puntarenas and San Jose. In Panama, they are found in several locations in the Chiriqué province.
It is a miniature to small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte, which reaching 20-35 cm in height, with lack of pseudobulbs and have a short stem that can branch at the base to form small tufts, and give rise to a fan of overlapping, articulate, lanceolate, flexible, pointed pale green, 15-35 cm long and 2.5-3.2 cm wide leaves.
The Different Colored Warczewiczella bloom on an erect, basal, 12.5 cm long, inflorescence arising on a newly forming growth and shorter than the leaves and subtended by a basal sheath with a single, waxy, long lasting, fragrant flower that appears from spring through the fall. The flowers are about 7.5 cm in diameter. The outer whorls are white to pale green, sometimes colored pale yellow or creamy yellow at the tips. The inner whorls are white to cream-green, purple or purple at the apexes. The lip is very dark purple, or purple or almost blue-purple, sometimes with a white or lighter margin, and has a large, white or yellowish white beak in the throat. The spine is white with a purple tinge.
WARCZEWICZELLA DISCOLOR 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 discolor needs a light level of 12000-20000 lux. These plants require shaded conditions with filtered or diffused light. Constant, strong air movement is required.
Temperature:
It is a plant with moderate thermal requirements. Throughout the year, the average day temperature is 21-23 ° C, the night 11-13 ° C, which gives a daily difference of 9-11 ° C. These plants will grow well if there is a cool, humid air out of the humidifier near them.
Humidity:
The Different Colored Warczewiczella needs the humidity of 80-85% in summer and early autumn, but in winter and at the beginning of spring drops to 70%.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Warczewiczella discolor grow best in wide baskets with excellent drainage, filled with loosely cut fiber woody ferns or a mixture of tree fern fibers and cut sphagnum moss. You can also add perlite pieces that help keep the substrate more breathable and at the same time prevent souring of the substrate. The plants of this type generally grow badly in pots.
They should be repotted immediately when the substrate begins to decompose or when the plant grows out of the container. If repotting is done when new roots start to grow, it will root in the shortest possible time.
Watering:
The cultivated plants should be abundantly watered during active growth. They must, however, have perfect drainage, and the base around the roots can never remain soggy or stale. At the end of autumn, when new growths reach maturity, the amount of water should be slightly reduced, but because these plants do not have the capacity to store water, they should never dry out completely.
Fertilizer:
Weekly use of 1/4-1/2 of the recommended dose of orchid fertilizer is recommended. From spring to mid-summer, high-nitrogen fertilizer is preferred, followed by high-phosphoric fertilizer until the end of autumn.
Rest period:
In winter, Warczewiczella discolor need less water, especially those grown in the conditions of a short, dark day at moderate latitudes. When reducing the amount of water, fertilization should also be reduced.
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