Pescatoria ecuadorana is found in Ecuador. It grows on trees in the humid forests at an altitude of 900-1200 meters...
Pescatoria ecuadorana also called as The Ecuador Pescatoria, Bollea ecuadorana, is a species of the genus Pescatoria. This species was described by Robert Louis Dressler in 2005.
IDENTIFY PESCATORIA ECUADORANA
Pescatoria ecuadorana is found in Ecuador. It grows on trees in the humid forests at an altitude of 900-1200 meters.
It is a medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with an erect, very short stem enveloped completely by distichous, imbricate, leaf bearing sheaths and carrying plicate, 5 to 7 nerved, ligulate-obovate, acute to acuminate, conduplicate below into the base leaves.
The Ecuador Pescatoria blooms in the summer on a shorter than the leaves, 12 cm long, ascending, sheathed stalk with a solitary, fragrant flower. The flowers are 5 cm in diameter and have a beautiful color that varies from light blue to purple.
PESCATORIA ECUADORANA 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:
Pescatoria ecuadorana needs a light level of 17000-21000 lux. It is very important to always screen the direct sun. The recommended photoperiod is 12 hours.
Temperature:
The perfect temperature range for this species is 22-25 ° C during the day and 15-18 ° C at night throughout the year. The difference in temperature between day and night must be 4-5 ° C.
Humidity:
The Ecuador Pescatoria comes from very rainy and humid environments, and in cultivation the air humidity should not fall below 65% if the specimen is grown in pots, and under 80% if it is kept bare-rooted.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
It is possible to grow Pescatoria ecuadorana both with bare roots and with rafts. My advice, however, is to opt for the vase, because bare-rooted this species needs very high air humidity (85%), which is not reachable outside the aquarium. A mixture of pine bark (60%), perlite (10%) and sphagnum (30%), or sphagnum (50%) and perlite (50%) are used as a substrate. This orchid do not need frequent repotting, so the transplant is done every 2 years. If root problems occur, transplantation is performed immediately, as with other species of orchids.
Watering:
The substratum in which this species grows must always remain moist, so the watering takes place regularly throughout the year. The substrate must dry well between watering but never become completely dry.
Fertilizer:
The plant is fertilized once every 3 watering, using 1/2 of the dose indicated on the bottle of a suitable liquid fertilizer for orchids. Before fertilizing the plant it is necessary to water it to avoid the harmful contact of the fertilizer with the dry roots.
Rest period:
With the right conditions the vegetative development of the Pescatoria ecuadorana is continuous and does not provide any period of winter rest. From the adult rosettes are formed the new jets that after a few months reach maturity, becoming turn to adult rosettes, and then bloom. After flowering the plant takes a few weeks (1-4) of pause and then the cycle repeats itself. This species do not need a rest to flower, and the blooms are stimulated by adequate light and the right temperatures.
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